Sioux Falls Man Arrested For Shooting Gun Outside Apartment

A 42-year-old man has been arrested in connection to shots being fired outside of a central Sioux Falls apartment on Monday morning.

According to KSFY, Sioux Falls Police responded to a call of gunshots on the 1000 block of North Dakota Avenue around 11:30 a.m.

Police arrived on the scene and set up a perimeter around the home.  After making contact with suspects inside the home, police arrested 42-year-old John McDonald of Sioux Falls for reckless discharge of a firearm, possession of a loaded firearm while intoxicated and inhabiting a place where a controlled substance is used or stored.

KSFY is reporting another resident of the apartment, 53-year-old Duane Hartwick was arrested for keeping a place where a controlled substance is used or stored along with outstanding warrants and probation detainer.

Police said several other people in the apartment were arrested on misdemeanor drug charges.

Officers seized a firearm, shell casings, and baggies and syringes that tested for methamphetamine.