Sioux Falls officer injured in attack by suspect

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Police say a Sioux Falls officer was injured in an attack after responding to a report of an unknown man sleeping outside an apartment building. Residents called police Sunday afternoon (March 13, 2022) after they found a sleeping man they knew did not reside in the apartment building. Police spokesman Sam Clemens says the 34-year-old Sioux Falls man attacked the responding officer by grabbing her hair and gun belt and placing her in a chokehold. The officer received injuries to her neck. Police say that after he was arrested they found the man possessed methamphetamine and a syringe.