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PINE RIDGE | Two men have been arrested in the fatal shooting of a girl on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Wednesday, according to tribal authorities.

The 13-year-old girl was shot and killed while walking with her friends in the town of Pine Ridge early Wednesday morning, said Nedra Darling, spokeswoman for the Department of the Interior's Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs.

The two suspects were in custody at the Pine Ridge adult offenders’ facility, said Oglala Sioux Tribe spokesman Kevin Yellow Bird Steele.

Darling reported there was one suspect in the case and said the man had fled the scene but was caught later Wednesday. She referred additional questions to the FBI, the lead investigating agency.

Yellow Bird Steele said it was unclear why the girl was shot. The incident happened while she was on her way home, he said.

It also was not clear why there were two suspects in custody and what roles the men allegedly played in the shooting, Yellow Bird Steele said. The tribe had not yet received an official report from investigators, he said Wednesday afternoon.