Pine Ridge Shooting, Jan 27 2000 Fri, 4 Feb 2000 02:05:23 -0500 Via NY Transfer News * All the News That Doesn't Fit source - Pat Morris http://www.kotatv.com/localnews/story.asp?ID=3829 Pine Ridge Shooting 12:33:41 PM Jack Siebold A shooting on Pine Ridge early this morning, just down the block from where "Grass Roots" has occupied the tribal government building. But police say the only connection is that the victim was off-duty security for the protesters. Oglala Sioux Tribe police investigators say Rydell Eagle Hawk, who is part of the Grass Roots security detail, was shot in the leg about a block or two from the building. Investigators believe the shooting was alcohol-related, possibly following an argument. Police say Eagle Hawk had just left a drinking party at a mobile home park about two blocks from the tribal building. He was headed back to the building when he was shot. The Grass Roots account of the shooting differs from investigators. They say Eagle Hawk was near a store, a block from the occupied building, when a car of young men pulled up ... asked if he was someone else, then shot him in the leg. Until this morning's shooting, there has been no violence linked in any way to the 11-day takeover. The Grass Roots protesters occupied the tribal building in an effort to get the council to fire treasurer Chuck Jacobs ... and for the federal government to audit the tribe's finances. While the shooting didn't happen at the occupied site, rumors quickly filled internet sites ... and dozens of e-mails were sent to media with those rumors. But both sides ... police and Grass Roots ... say the occupation is still peaceful. -=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=--=<+>=- ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytrc-02.04.00-02:05:23-32661