YANKTON, S.D. — A 40-year-old Watertown man is facing charges following an officer-involved shooting at Yankton High School Thursday night.
According to a release from the South Dakota Attorney General’s Office, Andrew Jondahl is hospitalized after being injured in the shooting.
“There is no further threat to the public,” said Attorney General Marty Jackley and State’s Attorney-Elect Tyler Larsen in the statement. “We ask that the public give law enforcement the time and space they need to do a full investigation.”
This is the fifth officer-involved shooting in South Dakota during 2024. The release notes that there were eight officer-involved shootings in 2023.
DCI is expected to issue a shooting summary within 30 days.
According to court records, Jondahl has only a single criminal conviction to his record, a failure to stop after a crash in 2014. He did not serve any time in jail in that instance.
No other details about the shooting have been released.
***THIS IS AN UPDATE TO OUR PREVIOUS STORY BELOW***
YANKTON, S.D. – Attorney General Marty Jackley has confirmed that the Division of Criminal Investigation is investigating an officer-involved shooting that occurred Thursday night at a Yankton School.
According to a press release from the Attorney General’s Office, one person was injured in the shooting. The officers involved were not injured.
Jackley says that the Yankton Police Department is cooperating with the investigation. Officials state that there is no threat to the public but asked that the public stay away from the scene so the investigation can be conducted.
The incident happened during a boy’s wrestling meet.
After the investigation is complete, the DCI will issue a shooting summary likely within 30 days.
