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Murder charges added in fatal shooting of sheriff’s deputy Katherine Frank
Dakota News Now • • nation
Key Points:
- Brandon John Oetken, 39, has been charged with first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree depraved-mind murder in the fatal shooting of Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Deputy Katherine Frank.
- Oetken was previously charged with multiple counts of attempted first-degree murder and aggravated assault against law enforcement officers.
- The updated charges include four additional counts of aggravated assault.
- Deputy Frank, 26, was shot on October 9 while responding to a mental health call in Sioux Falls and died three days later on October 12.
