AN OLD WEST shootout staged as part of a charity fundraiser may have come a little too close to the real thing when three tourists were injured.
South Dakota authorities say the three were injured on Friday night at a shootout in Hill City and taken to a hospital about 30 miles away. A Pennington County sheriff’s spokesman says the tourists’ injuries are not life-threatening.
The sheriff’s department identified them yesterday as 52-year-old Jose Pruneda of Alliance, Nebraska; 65-year-old Carrol Knutson of Birchwood, Minnesota; and John Ellis, 48, of South Connellsville, Pennsylvania.
No further details have been released.
The shootout staged by volunteer cowboys from Rapid City is a regular summer attraction in the area and a fundraiser for the Children’s Miracle Network.
- AP
