More than 100 people attended the show a week ago staged by the Dakota Wild Bunch re-enactors, who perform several times a week in Hill City, a tourist town in the Black Hills.
The ammunition shat tered a 65-year-old Minnesota woman's fibula, a bone in the lower leg. A 48-year-old Pennsylvania man and a 52-year-old Nebraska man were also wounded. Pennington County Sheriff Kevin Thom was to release a statement with more details later Friday. There was no immediate comment from re-enactors. On its Facebook page, the group has said their members are not allowed to bring live rounds to performances. Carrol Knutson of Birchwood, Minn., said earlier that she was sure her leg injury was caused by a live bullet. She said the hospital determined that a bullet hit her fibula, and lead residue was found in the wound. John Ellis, an optometrist from South Connellsville, Penn., also has said doctors told him the injury to his forearm and elbow was consistent with a regular gunshot wound. The simulated gun battles have been suspended at least until the sheriff's department investigation ends. The mock shootouts between lawmen and outlaws have been held in Hill City for at least a couple of decades, and the Dakota Wild Bunch has been doing the show for about four years, Brett McMacken, city administrator for Hill City, has said. NEWS BY LOCATION | ABC30 BLOGS | DISCUSSION FORUMSBECOME A FAN ON FACEBOOK | FOLLOW ABC30 ON TWITTER
