Teen Sentenced 20 Years for Pine Ridge Shooting | Rapid City News

Rapid City News Today | 2 Min News | The Daily News Now! · Sep 17, 2026 · 1m

A 19-year-old man, Teldon Kills Small, received a 20-year federal prison sentence for a deadly shooting on the Pine Ridge Reservation in November 2025 that killed one person and critically injured a young girl. The incident erupted after he and others were drinking and refused to leave a porch, leading to a nine-shot barrage that left the victim dead and a bystander wounded. After fleeing, he was apprehended in Rapid City and later pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. The case was prosecuted federally under the Major Crimes Act, with the FBI and Oglala Sioux Tribe investigators…