Attorney General: Police officer justified in April shooting

PIERRE, S.D. — The South Dakota attorney general has found a Whitewood police officer was justified in shooting a Rapid City man in the leg in April.

Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg reports that 41-year-old Jaris Kroetch had failed sobriety tests, resisted arrest and attempted to flee from an officer before he was shot at a Whitewood gas station on April 10.

The report details how a police officer was called to the gas station after Kroetch was acting paranoid.

The officer says he attempted to arrest Kroetch, but a struggle ensued.

As Kroetch started his carPolic and held a knife, the officer shot him in the leg.

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