(Lead, SD) An Audubon man was killed in a shooting in South Dakota.
The Lawrence County Sheriff’s Office says on June 12, at approximately 5:22 p.m., the Lawrence County Dispatch Center received a phone call regarding an altercation occurring at a rental cabin off Highway 385 South of Lead.
The altercation escalated into a physical fight between four men, all from Iowa and Nebraska. Three of the men were staying at that cabin, and all involved people were there together as a group of UTV riders. During the fight, a 9mm pistol possessed by one of the men involved in the fight was discharged one time.
The bullet struck 59 year old Larry Petersen from Audubon, IA. Petersen was pronounced dead at Lead-Deadwood Hospital.
The investigation is ongoing and more details will be released at a later date.
