Death by Cop- 2022
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Jacob Michael James
Case # :1130
Gender : Male
Age : 21
Race : Indigenous American
Date : 08/09/2022
Location : 2507 W 12th St
City : Sioux Falls 57104
County : Minnehaha
State : South Dakota
Agency : Sioux Falls PD, Minnehaha County SO
Officer(s) :Not Disclosed
Cause of Death : Gunshot
Event : Killed by police during attempted traffic stop
Disposition : Officer cleared by DA
Open Records Summary :
Police conducted a traffic stop. Police claim that Lakota man Jacob Michael James stopped, got out of the car and began shooting at police. They shot and killed him. The shooter officers were cleared just 2 weeks later by the District Attorney.