SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Sioux Falls police say a man entered the wrong house and fatally shot a resident while searching for his intended target.
Police say the 45-year-old suspect, Alton Ray Bear, of Sioux Falls, shot and killed 40-year-old Tracy Saboe on Monday while thinking the home belonged to another man. Bear then went to the correct address in central Sioux Falls at 2:30 Monday afternoon and shot three people; a 30-year-old man, an 18-year-old woman and a 52-year-old woman. All are expected to recover.
Police say the 30-year-old man who was shot in the face at the second address was the intended target. Bear believed the targeted man had assaulted someone in Bear’s family.
Police connected the two incidents after realizing the same 9 mm handgun was used in all four shootings.
Bear was caught about an hour after the shootings were reported. He’s facing charges of murder, manslaughter, aggravated assault, a felon with a weapon. Other charges are expected to be filed.
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