Rapid City man charged with attempted murder following shooting

This was the fifth shooting in Rapid City since the double homicide Saturday morning
Alize West of Rapid City is charged with attempted murder following a shooting Tuesday night.
Alize West of Rapid City is charged with attempted murder following a shooting Tuesday night.(Pennington County Sheriff's Office)
Published: Aug. 24, 2022 at 2:13 PM MDT
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RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) - A 21-year-old Rapid City man is charged with attempted murder following the fifth shooting in four days. This one was on New York Street about 4:55 p.m. Tuesday.

Alize West was a passenger in a pickup driven by 19-year-old Jace Runs Against. Runs Against got into a verbal altercation with another man outside of 17 New York Street. As Runs Against got into his pickup, West fired several shots in the direction of a man standing in front of 13 New York Street, according to a release from the Rapid City Police Department.

Police found the pickup with Runs Against on Haines Avenue. West, however, had been dropped off earlier. A handgun matching a description given by witnesses was found in the pickup.

West was later found at a home on the 600 block of Wood Avenue. As well as attempted murder, West is charged with discharge of a firearm from a moving vehicle and discharge of a firearm at a structure.

Runs Against was charged with accessory to a crime.