Katie Nelson

kenelson@argusleader.com

The man who was found dead north of Falls Park earlier this month died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, police said.

Dylan Matthew Widmann, 19, of Sioux Falls was not breathing and was bleeding from a gunshot to the right shoulder wound when police found him inside a running car at 4:21 a.m. Oct. 9 on North First Avenue near Falls Park. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

The death was ruled an accidental death, not a suicide, because police don't think the man intended to kill himself.

"The shooting wasn't accidental," said police spokesman Sam Clemens, who characterized the situation as strange. "We believe he shot himself on purpose but not with the intent of dying."

The investigation took more than a week because police had to determine whether or not the gun belonged to Widmann and whether or not he fired it. Clemens said the gun belonged to Widmann and he fired it.

Clemens did not know if drugs were found Widmann's system, but said the investigation was now closed.

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