In the early morning of Saturday, March 16, 2024, 28-year-old Richard Alexander Sowers, a Lakota Sioux man, was found in the hallway of an East 12th Street apartment building in downtown Sioux Falls suffering multiple gunshot wounds to his torso. Officers responding just after 2:15 AM say he was alive and able to say he had been shot but could not identify his assailant. Emergency surgery was performed, but Sowers died on March 17, 2024.

A tenant reported hearing a fight, then opening a door to find Sowers on the floor and seeing a man leave in a hurry. That witness described the person as about 6 feet tall with a larger build, longer black hair, a beard and a mustache. The Sioux Falls Police Department identified and arrested 38-year-old Edward Brinkley of Sioux Falls on March 18, 2024; he was charged with second-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and held on $1 million bond. Authorities are investigating the relationship between Sowers and Brinkley to determine a motive.

Did anyone in the area know Sowers or see someone matching that witness description leaving the building that morning?