Sioux Falls Police shoot and kill person armed with knife on Thursday, chief Thum says

One person was shot and killed by police Thursday night after the person confronted responding officers with a knife, police announced during Friday morning's police briefing.

Sioux Falls Police were called to the scene around 10:45 p.m. to make a welfare check on an individual at the 1900 block of West Sixth Street, Chief Jon Thum said. The subject was armed with a knife and "confronted" the officers on scene.

De-escalation tactics were used including verbal warnings, non-lethal tools such as a taser and a 40 mm foam projectile fired from a non-lethal impact round launcher, Thum said.

Those were unsuccessful, Thum said. Then a "physical altercation" happened and one officer fired their gun at the subject. The subject was taken to the hospital and later died from their wounds.

Thum wouldn't give any information about the victim, including age or gender.

Two officers sustained superficial cuts during the altercation and all are OK, Thum said.

The police chief didn't specify if the cuts were the result of the knife mentioned earlier and said he couldn't go into detail about the injuries or weapon involved.

Thum said the Sioux Falls Police Department were the only agency that responded to the call. In past incidents resulting in police shooting and killing a suspect, the incidents started off as stand-offs. Other agencies like the Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office and negotiators will show up on-scene, but that was not the case during Thursday’s incident.

As is policy, Thum said that the case would immediately be turned over to the South Dakota Department of Criminal Investigation. They'll do a "complete and comprehensive" investigation into if the shooting by the officer was justified.

The officer have been placed on administrative leave per department policy, Thum said.

In October, police shot and killed Elwood Dwyer after an hour-long standoff. DCI later found that shooting justified after completing their investigation.

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