Police: Man threatened to shoot person for using wrong dumpster

Makenzie Huber | Sioux Falls Argus Leader

A 56-year-old Sioux Falls man was arrested on charges of aggravated assault Friday after he threatened to shoot another man for using a dumpster near his apartment, police say.

Police responded to a report of a man threatening another man with a revolver around 4:30 p.m. on Friday at the 6000 block of South Cliff Avenue, said police spokesman Sam Clemens.

The 48-year-old victim drove his vehicle to his apartment complex's dumpster near the building to throw away his trash when a man on the third floor of another building yelled at him, Clemens said.

The man, Todd Shawn Trent, thought the victim didn't live at the complex, so he wasn't supposed to be dumping his trash there, Clemens said.

The victim threw his trash away and got back in his vehicle, but Trent came outside with the gun and allegedly threatened to shoot the victim. Trent walked away after the confrontation, Clemens said, and the victim reported the incident to police.

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