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June 5, 2025

Pennsylvania man gets 18 years for SD attempted murder

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SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) – A 20-year-old Pennsylvania man is headed to the penitentiary for shooting a man in South Dakota.

On Thursday, a judge sentenced Victor Rios to 18-years behind bars for attempted murder and assault.

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In May of last year, Rios and three others received marijuana from a 24-year-old man outside a Sioux Falls restaurant and drove off without paying for it.

The victim followed the group of teens to rural Lincoln County, where Rios shot the man in the head, lodging a bullet in his brain.

KELOLAND’s Karlee Phillips was in the courtroom at will have a full report tonight on KELOLAND news.