Tribal Police Officer is Stabbed, Then Shoots Inmate at IHS Tribal ER on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation

PINE RIDGE INDIAN RESERVATON – A Pine Ridge police officer was stabbed today at the Pine Ridge Indian Health Service Hospital’s emergency room in an altercation with an inmate.

Oglala Sioux Tribe Director of Public Relations Kevin Yellow Bird Steele confirmed on Friday afternoon. The officer then shot the inmate around 10:30 a.m. Friday morning.

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