SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (NewsNation) — A South Dakota man accused of killing a neighbor whom he had allegedly been told sexually abused a child was found not guilty of murder Friday.
Dylan Farmer was charged with first and second-degree murder in the 2024 fatal shooting of Casey Shaffer in Sioux Falls.
After his arrest in 2024, Farmer told police he was contacted by a woman to remove Shaffer from her home after she accused Shaffer of sexually assaulting her son.
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Prosecutors told the jury Farmer had gone to the Minnehaha County Jail and claimed to have witnessed a murder. In court filings, Farmer accused Shaffer of being a pedophile, allegedly saying, “I’ve heard he touched a kid, so I shot him.”…