Gunshot Wound

On December 3rd around 1:35 p.m., police responded to 353 Fairmont Blvd for a report of a subject with a gunshot wound. Police made contact with the individual who told police they were the passenger in a vehicle en-route to Rapid City. While the subject was handling the pistol in the vehicle, it discharged. The bullet struck the subject, causing non-life-threatening injuries. The driver of the vehicle then took the injured subject to Rapid City Regional Hospital for treatment. The incident appears entirely accidental in nature, and no enforcement action was taken on the subject.