Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) – A standoff ended peacefully on the north side of Sioux Falls late Saturday afternoon.
Officers were called to a reported weapons violation at Love’s Travel Stop on North Cliff Avenue near Interstate 90. Officers arriving on scene made contact with a male reporting that his daughter had been forced at gunpoint into a vehicle.
Based on the information provided by the male subject and aspects present during the initial stage of the investigation several assets including SWAT and CNU teams from the Sioux Falls Police Department were activated and utilized. During the continued investigation the reported victim was found safe and unharmed in another community.
The original reporting party was lodged at the Minnehaha County Jail for False Reporting.