SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO AM) - A Dell Rapids family woke to a ring of Minnehaha County Deputies early this morning responding to a call of an armed man with a hostage.
Captain Jim Hoekman says the call was a hoax. He says a man called 911 just after one Friday mornng saying he had a gun and was going to kill his daughter, anyone coming close to the house and then himself.
Hoekman says deputies set up a perimeter around the house on South Garfield and used a bull horn to call the occupants out. He says the family was sleeping and were the vicims of the orchestrated stunt.
Hoekman say investigators hope to trace the call with the help of the phone company.