Brookings County authorities investigate reports of man pointing handgun at children in Elkton
Brookings County
May 18, 2022
Mike Tanner
ELKTON, S.D.–The Brookings County Sheriff’s Office is investigating reports of a young adult man pointing a handgun at juvenile pedestrians in Elkton.
Eyewitnesses say a white male in his 20’s wearing a gray shirt and driving an early 2000’s model Buick LeSabre pointed a gun at children in the 200-block of 2nd Street before turning onto Elk Street.
After departing the area, the driver returned and drove by the children a second time.
Brookings County sheriff’s deputies and South Dakota Highway Patrol troopers saturated the area, but were unable to locate the vehicle.
Anyone with information on this incident is asked to call the sheriff’s office in Brookings.
