The New Year literally started off with a bang, for a group of Sioux Empire residents early Wednesday morning.

KSFY TV is reporting that three people are now behind bars, and another in the hospital after a shooting New Year's morning shortly after 2 AM.

According to the report, police responded to a shots fired call near an apartment complex located on South Cleveland Avenue just south of East 18th Street on Wednesday (January 1).

Upon arrival, authorities received notification of a victim with a gunshot wound being admitted to a Sioux Falls hospital. After an investigation, police took three suspects into custody a short time later.

Sioux Falls Police Sergeant Robert Forster told KSFY, authorities arrested twenty-four-year-old Jorey Davis of Flandreau for aggravated assault, discharge of a firearm at a vehicle, possession of a firearm while intoxicated, and possession of a firearm by a felon. Also arrested were, 24-year-old Larissa Rederth of Sioux Falls, and 28-year-old Jeremy Davis of Sioux Falls.

Rederth was arrested and charged with aggravated assault and possession of a firearm by a felon. While Davis was booked on aggravated assault charges.

KSFY reports the victim in the shooting was admitted to a Sioux Falls hospital with a none life-threatening injury.

Police have yet to release the motive for the shooting, along with additional details regarding the incident.

Source: KSFY TV

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