Sioux Falls Woman Struck by Bullet While Sitting inside Her Home

People want to believe they're safe in their own homes, but some days, that's not even the case, no matter where they live.

An example of this happened early Tuesday morning, (October 15) in Sioux Falls when a woman was struck by a bullet that was fired at her home in the 300 block of North Fairfax Avenue.

Dakota News Now reports the incident occurred right before 1:00 AM on Tuesday. A 41-year-old woman was sitting inside her house when a series of shots were fired towards her home. One of the bullets fired struck her in the arm. Fortunately, her injury wasn't life-threatening.

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Sioux Falls Shooting: Public Cooperation Key In Solving Case

Sioux Falls Police Public Information Officer Sam Clemens told Dakota News Now that investigators received reports of several unknown vehicles were seen cruising the neighborhood. However, no suspects or a motive for the shooting hasn't been determined yet.

Officers still don't know if Tuesday's incident was a random shooting, or if it was targeted.

According to Clemens, "One of our open homicides is a case where somebody fired into a home and struck a lady and killed her. So, this is one of the types of situations that we really ask the public to help us out.”

Should you or someone you know have any additional information that can aid police, like a license plate or a description of the shooter's vehicle, you're asked to please get in touch with the Sioux Falls Police Department at 605-367-7212 or Crime Stoppers at 605-367-7007.

Your identity will be kept confidential.

Source: Dakota News Now

People Say They Hate These 7 Things About Sioux Falls the Most

In the last few years, I've had the opportunity to live in another state after living in Sioux Falls for a decade. Then late last year I moved back to the SooFoo, and I am super happy to have returned.

Sioux Falls has just about everything I like. It's big enough to have lots of opportunities for work and recreation. But, it's also not so big that I feel lost in an urban wasteland.

Being on the western edge of the 'Midwest' and the eastern edge of the 'Western Frontier' we've got a nice balance of the individualistic pioneer spirit and a strong 'We're in this together' attitude.

But, of course, not everything is perfect. People have complaints. On the social network Reddit, people have even listed their complaints about Sioux Falls. Specifically, the things that hate about living here.

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