SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (South Dakota News Watch) – Nearly a year after a Yankton Sioux man was killed in a tribal housing unit, the federal agency responsible for his death has few answers.
On Nov. 27, 2024, officers from the U.S. Marshals Service shot Zander Zephier in a tribal housing unit on the Yankton Indian Reservation. Zephier, who had a criminal history and was considered escaped from Charles Mix County Jail at the time of his death, was brushing his teeth and live-streaming on Facebook.
A media representative from the U.S. Marshals Service told News Watch that internal investigations about officer-involved deaths can take “months or years” but did not provide any updates on the status of Zephier’s case. The representative did not clarify whether an external investigation was taking place…