LAKE NORDEN, S.D. (AP) - South Dakota’s attorney general confirms it was the police chief of Lake Norden who was involved in a shooting that injured a woman this week.
The attorney general’s office said in a statement Thursday that city officials have placed Police Chief Jimmy Murphy on administrative leave until further notice.
The officer-involved shooting happened at a home early Wednesday. The 22-year-old woman was being treated at a hospital.
Attorney General Marty Jackley has said the Division of Criminal Investigation will investigate the shooting at the request of Lake Norden police. No details of the shooting have been released.
Murphy told The Associated Press he had no comment.
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