In the early hours of August 3, 2020, officers responded to a report of a man down near Custer Street and Dilger Avenue on Rapid City’s north side and found 39-year-old James Donner II with gunshot wounds to the abdomen. He was taken to hospital but did not survive; investigators treated the incident as a homicide. Detectives asked the public to check doorbell and security camera footage covering roughly 1:45 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. for any movement, vehicles, or unusual activity that might fill in the missing minutes before the shooting.

The case was handled jointly by the Rapid City Police Department and the Pennington County Sheriff’s Office. Reporting and police messages from the period do not name a suspect or announce an arrest and describe the investigation as active.

If anyone saw activity near Custer Street and Dilger Avenue that morning or has footage from about 1:45 a.m. to 2:30 a.m., what can be shared with investigators?