SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – The DCI is investigating an officer-involved shooting that happened Friday night in Beresford.
According to a news release from the Attorney General’s Office, at 8:48 p.m., a Beresford police officer conducted a traffic stop on a Ford Explorer in the Truck Towne Travel Plaza parking lot on Highway 46.
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The shooting happened during the traffic stop, and the driver of the Ford, Christopher John Pearson, 36, of Aurora, SD, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The officer was not injured, and an autopsy is planned. The DCI will process the crime scene, examine evidence, interview those involved and review all available video…