The South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into a shooting in downtown Rapid City.
Rapid City police were called to the public library around 6 p.m. on Thursday for an unknown problem. Multiple callers said a man in his early 20s had thrown a rock through a library window and he also had a knife.
When officers responded to this call, the man tried to attack them with the knife. In response, officer Jerry Moore fired several shots to stop the attack.
The man is currently in critical condition at a Rapid City hospital. The responding officers were not injured.
The investigation into this shooting has been turned over to the South Dakota Division of Criminal Investigation.
