Teenage girl shot in Sioux Falls not cooperating with police

January 27, 2021

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) – Sioux Falls police are investigating a shooting that left a 14-year-old girl wounded. But, authorities say the victim is not cooperating with investigators.

Police spokesman Sam Clemens says friends brought the girl to the hospital Monday. She had sustained a gunshot wound to the leg in a shooting at an apartment in eastern Sioux Falls.

Clemens says the girl knows who shot her, but won’t identify the individual. She claims the shooting was an accident.

The victim’s injuries aren’t believed to be life threatening.