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Jonathan Puttmann

Case from Dell Rapids, SD dated Nov 15, 2016

Victim Details

Jonathan Puttn

Male

White / Caucasian

Dell Rapids

SD

2016-11-15

39

Jonathan

Puttmann

Substantiated

07/09/2026

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Jonathan Puttmann, 39, was killed on November 15, 2016, in Dell Rapids, South Dakota. He was a white male. That Tuesday night began with a family moment—children being dropped off—set against an ordinary neighborhood street that would soon fill with emergency lights and stunned neighbors.

According to investigators, deputies and troopers rushed in after a call about a shooting and found Puttmann lying in the street with a gunshot wound to the head; he was taken to a local hospital, wh ...
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  • Argus Leader: Friends, neighbors mourn shooting death of Dell Rapids man
  • Argus Leader: One dead in Dell Rapids shooting
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