4 charged with murder after Cherry Rock Park homicide earlier this month

Officials have released limited information regarding a homicide, involving four suspects earlier this month.

Sgt. Cole German said during a media briefing Sept. 25 that a 51-year-old male succumbed to his injuries Sept. 9 after an alleged assault on Sept. 5 at Cherry Rock Park in Sioux Falls, but that the “investigation is still in its infancy.”

A bystander initially called officers to the park at 18th Street and Southeastern Avenue right before 9 a.m. Sept. 5 for a “well-being check,” initial reports said, when they found Thomas Fernandez still conscious but with “visible injuries” from a physical altercation…

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