By Associated Press - Monday, May 22, 2017

MADISON, S.D. (AP) - A Montrose man accused of shooting and wounding a South Dakota sheriff’s deputy faces a July trial after pleading not guilty.

Thirty-seven-year-old Matthew Rumbolz faces attempted murder and other felony charges in the shooting of McCook County Deputy Dylan Hillestad. The Daily News reports (https://bit.ly/2qH8bpL ) that Rumbolz entered his not guilty pleas on Friday.

Hillestad was shot in the arm in an exchange of gunfire south of Madison in the early morning hours of May 3. He was treated at a hospital and released. Rumbolz was arrested after a standoff that lasted more than 12 hours.



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