RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — Police in Rapid City are investigating a fatal shooting and trying to determine if it was on purpose or accidental.
The shooting Wednesday night took the life of 22-year-old Brandon Wounded Arrow.
Police spokesman Brendyn Medina says officers have interviewed witnesses and are waiting for autopsy and forensic results.
As officers responded to a residence where the shooting took place they learned Wounded Arrow was being taken to the hospital in a private vehicle.
Police stopped the vehicle and began life-saving measures as they waited for paramedics to arrive.
Wounded Arrow was then taken by ambulance to the hospital where he died.