(S.D.)-Woman Arrested For Firing Gun At S.D. Law Officers In CusterBy: Genell Rothleutner
Posted at: 03/27/2009 02:52 PM
story linkCUSTER, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Larry Long’s office is reporting that a Denver Police Department officer has been arrested for firing a weapon at two Custer County Sheriff’s Deputies and a South Dakota Highway Patrolman.
According to police reports, on Tuesday the officers attempted to make contact with 31-year-old Kachina McAlexander, after a motel clerk called to report that she may be suicidal.
According to Long’s office, McAlexander answered her door while armed, did not comply when the officers ordered her to drop her weapon and was hit with a Taser. She then fired several shots in the direction of the officers, who were not injured, and surrendered.
McAlexander was arrested on three counts of attempted murder.