Sioux Falls, SD (KELO AM) - Sioux Falls police are investigating two incidents that occured Friday night.
The first occured about 9:40 p.m., when officers from the Sioux Falls Police Department were dispatched to 3405 E. 11th St. for a shooting that occurred in the parking lot. Upon arrival, all of the subjects involved in the incident had fled the scene. The investigation revealed that an argument took place between 2 different groups of people. During the argument, one of the subjects pulled out a handgun. The subject, then, fired a couple shots from the handgun. The subject fled the scene in a vehicle. The other subjects involved in the incident also fled the scene. There was nothing on scene to indicate that anyone was hurt. Officers were unable to locate any of the subjects involved in the incident. The investigation is on-going.
The second incident occured around 11:30 Friday night. Officers were dispatched to Wal-Mart, 5521 E. Arrowhead Pkwy, for what initially appeared to be a bomb threat. Wal-Mart management evacuated the business until the building was searched. A short while after Wal-Mart employees returned to work and the store was re-opened, it was discovered there was a misunderstanding by the employee that answered the initial phone call that led to the scare, and it was determined there was no bomb threat at all. Wal-Mart was closed to the public for approximately 30 minutes during the investigation.