State To Seek Death Penalty In Deputy Killing
PIERRE, SD - Authorities say they intend to seek the death penalty in the shooting of a Turner County deputy last year.
Attorney General Marty Jackley and Turner County State's Attorney Tiffani Hoeke announced the state's filing of the Notice of Intent to Request the Death Penalty in the shooting of Officer Chad Mechels.
Twenty-year-old Ethan Johns is charged with first-degree murder, accused of shooting Mechels last March. The officer was sent to Johns' rented farmhouse to check on him after he reportedly threatened to kill himself during a fight with his girlfriend.
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