Two men held for fatal shooting of 12-year-old Pine Ridge girl

PINE RIDGE | Two men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a girl on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Wednesday, according to tribal authorities.

The 12-year-old girl was shot and killed while walking with her friends in the town of Pine Ridge early Wednesday morning, said Nedra Darling, spokeswoman for the Department of the Interior's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.

The two suspects were in custody at the Pine Ridge adult offenders’ facility, said Oglala Sioux Tribe spokesman Kevin Yellow Bird Steele.

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