Katie Nelson

knelson@argusleader.com

A man who allegedly shot a woman and then himself on Friday had two warrants issued in Minnehaha County.

Police have identified the man in Friday afternoon's shooting in western Sioux Falls as 53-year-old Sioux Falls resident Cameron Demetirus Young.

Young had a cash/surety bond and a cash-only bond related to two warrants for violating a stalking protection order. Both warrants were issued on Thursday, the day before the shooting.

Young shot a 30-year-old Sioux Falls woman at the 9400 block of W. Karmya Circle before turning the gun on himself, Lt. David McIntire said.

Police said Young and the victim were previously in a relationship, and both are being treated for life-threatening injuries.

"Hopefully we can piece together the totality of the circumstances that happened here," Sgt. Sean Kooistra said.

Witness saw aftermath

Amanda Willard was nearby when she saw the police cars and ambulances rushing to Karmya Circle, where her friend lives. Willard and her sister went to the area and stood watching as police and paramedics were working the scene.

"One little girl was crying and I saw the sheriff get down on his knees and tell her it was OK and that she was safe," Willard said. "He just held her for a while."

Willard said her friend has lived there for a while and she never felt unsafe there.

"I've never seen anything suspicious in that area," she said.

Michaellyn Ragan lives two blocks from the area of the shooting and said that seeing all the activity was unusual. She moved to the area nearly five years ago.

"We're usually a pretty quiet neighborhood ... Nothing really all that exciting goes on," she said.

Ragan moved to Sioux Falls from Des Moines several years ago because she felt it was a safe city.

"We moved away from there to get away from the crime and all that stuff," Ragan said.

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