Sioux Falls police union asks to shield name of injured officer involved in shooting
Court makes interim decision to strike identifying information from criminal case records
Sioux Falls police want the court and news media to conceal the identities of two officers involved in a shooting incident earlier this week that left one of them injured.
The Fraternal Order of Police and two other parties, listed as “No. 1, John Doe Officers One and Two,” are requesting an injunction from the Second Judicial Circuit Court. The group wants to shield the identities of the two officers named in charging documents related to the arrest of Samir Yasser Albaidhani, a parole absconder taken into custody Tuesday after exchanging gunfire with Sioux Falls police.
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