South Dakota’s Division of Criminal Investigation is looking into an officer-involved shooting in Beresford. Attorney General Marty Jackley says the shooting happened during a traffic stop just before nine o’clock Friday night at the Truck Towne Travel Plaza on Highway 46.
Thirty-six-year-old Christopher John Pearson of Aurora was the driver of the vehicle and died at the scene. An autopsy is planned. The Beresford police officer involved was not hurt.
Jackley says the DCI will conduct a thorough and transparent investigation and release a final report within 30 days. Multiple agencies assisted at the scene. This is the seventh officer-involved shooting in South Dakota this year.
