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Man indicted in Yankton officer-involved shooting incident

By Kullyn Meffert
From SiouxlandProud | Sioux City, IA | N

Man indicted in Yankton officer-involved shooting incident

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A Watertown man has been indicted on four charges in connection with an officer-involved shooting in the parking lot of the Yankton High School in early December.

Andrew Jondahl was indicted on two felony counts of aggravated assault on a law enforcement officer, one misdemeanor count of possession of a firearm while intoxicated and more.

An investigation by the South Dakota DCI found that two Yankton Police Officers were justified in shooting Jondahl who "demonstrated a clear and present danger to law enforcement and the public."

Officials said that Jondahl was allegedly sitting inside his pickup truck in the school parking lot after having been escorted out of a high school wrestling event and appeared intoxicated. He allegedly made threats of self-harm and held a long gun in his lap.

When the officers arrived, Jondahl refused officer commands twice to place his hands outside the truck window, officials claim. When he finally exited the vehicle, he was holding two shotguns in his hands and was facing the officers in a manner where he could have fired upon the officers. The oficers then fire 14 rounds at Jondahl who received four non-life-threatening gunshot wounds and was hospitalized.

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