RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police say the victim in the August 13th shooting near the intersection of N. Maple Avenue and Van Buren Street has died at the hospital as a result of injuries sustained in the shooting.
Suspect William Daly’s arrest has been updated to reflect the offense of First Degree Murder. Daly was charged with several other drug related crimes.
The deceased has been identified as 20-year-old Austin Freeman of Rapid City.
James Johns with the R.C.P.D.’s Criminal Investigation Division says “Freeman was in the wrong place at the wrong time when he encountered Daly.”
He says it appears Freeman is an innocent victim of the violence associated with drugs in the community.
Police continue to search for a second person of interest in the case. She appears in the below surveillance photos.
Anyone with any information on the identity of this female (or the shooting incident in general) is encouraged to contact Detective Jake LeLaCheur at 605-394-4134. An anonymous text can also be submitted by texting the letters ‘RCPD’ and the information to 847411.
