'Stand your ground' affirmed in South Dakota Supreme Court ruling

South Dakota Supreme Court affirms ‘stand your ground’ ruling in survival bunker shooting lawsuit

South Dakota’s “stand your ground” law lets people defend themselves with deadly force if they feel their own life is in danger, they’re somewhere they’re allowed to be, and they aren’t engaged in criminal activity at the time they defend themselves. Assaulting one person an hour before shooting someone else, the South Dakota Supreme Court ruled this week, doesn’t count as crime enough to upend an otherwise valid self-defense claim. The ruling w…

'Stand your ground' affirmed in South Dakota Supreme Court ruling

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) -- A South Dakota man was justified in shooting another man in 2024, the South Dakota Supreme Court said in a ruling released Thursday. Defendant David Streeter shot Kelly Anderson in August 2024 in Streeter's bunker residence in a community called Vivos near the Ellsworth Air Force Base. South Dakota's commonly [...]