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An 18-year-old man is on the run from police in Sioux Falls, S.D., after being charged with murder.
Authorities are searching for Miguel A. Nunez Jr., of Sioux Falls and consider him "extremely dangerous." An arrest warrant has been issued for Nunez by police. The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office released a statement warning residents to call the police with any information on Nunez.
Nunez was charged with three counts of second-degree murder in Mower County District Court on Tuesday. Police say he was involved in a shoutout over the weekend in Austin, Minn. after planning to steal drugs at gunpoint. He fatally shot David Harris, 45, and injured another person at the home, according to charges.
Nunez and three other men went to Harris' house around 1 a.m. to buy marijuana, according to police. A juvenile who accompanied Nunez in the car on the way to Harris' house told police they had intended to rob the dealer, according to the charges. The injured victim told police Nunez and one other person went upstairs and into a bedroom.
According to the charges, Nunez pulled his handgun out and told a man in the room who was weighing drugs that "he would shoot everyone in the house," if they did not give him all of the drugs they had. Harris heard the yelling from another room and went into the bedroom to see what was happening, according to the criminal complaint.
Harris then approached him, and Nunez shot Harris in the chest three times. Nunez also shot a second person in the house, injuring him. Nunez was shot once, possibly in the hand, by Harris in the struggle, The Star Tribune reported.
The police responded to the scene of the shootout after receiving a 911 call about a multi-victim shooting at 1:10 a.m. on Saturday. When they arrived, police found Harris on the ground. Lifesaving measures were performed on the man, but Harris died in the home, ABC 6 reported.
"Mr. Nunez is considered extremely dangerous and should not be approached," Austin police said. "Anyone having information on his whereabouts should call law enforcement."
He was last spotted in Sioux Falls when police nearly apprehended him. Nunez fled from law enforcement through a neighborhood near his home on Monday. The Minnehaha County Sheriff's Office listed him as one of their current Most Wanted. The Sheriff's Office described Nunez as last seen wearing a black-billed hat, black shirt, black track pants and red shoes.
