Police investigate shooting, hit-and-run in western Sioux Falls

Shelly Conlon, Sioux Falls Argus Leader
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A man is behind bars Sunday afternoon, following a shooting and a hit-and-run in western Sioux Falls early that morning, according to a press release from the Sioux Falls Police Department.

Officers responded at 4:30 a.m. to the area of 5300 W. 44th Street for a report of gunshots. When they arrived, they found several people on scene, including a person who had been struck by a vehicle.

Sioux Falls crime lab officials and a tow truck respond to the scene of a shootingand hit-and-run Sunday morning in the 5300 block of W. 44th Street.
Sioux Falls crime lab officials and a tow truck respond to the scene of a shootingand hit-and-run Sunday morning in the 5300 block of W. 44th Street.

A man named Morris Smith Jr. was later arrested in connection to the incident, the press release states. He was charged with aggravated assault and felony hit-and-run.

The investigation is ongoing, and no one was injured by gunfire, the release states. The condition of the victim struck by the vehicle is unclear.

This article originally appeared on Sioux Falls Argus Leader: Police investigate shooting, hit-and-run in western Sioux Falls