SIOUX FALLS — Murder charges have been filed against a Sioux Falls man after police say he repeatedly stabbed another during a disagreement in central Sioux Falls over the weekend.
Prosecutors in Minnehaha County have charged 51-year-old Sioux Falls resident Eleghba Lipsey with alternating counts of first-degree murder, second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and aggravated assault.
The charges were filed in connection to the death of 25-year-old Aidan Quick Bear, who died Saturday morning, Nov. 23, at a Sioux Falls hospital.
According to police spokesman Sam Clemens, Lipsey, Quick Bear and others were gathered in a parking lot in the 500 block of South Duluth Avenue shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday when some sort of disagreement broke out.
The disagreement resulted in Lipsey producing a knife and stabbing Quick Bear multiple times. Clemens was unsure exactly how many times Quick Bear was stabbed or where in the body he was stabbed.
By the time police arrived, Quick Bear was already en route to a local hospital in a private vehicle. He was pronounced dead a short time later.
Clemens said Lipsey was taken into custody the same day as the stabbing and placed on a parole hold, but law enforcement and prosecutors were waiting on additional evidence before charging him regarding Quick Bear’s death.
Witnesses at the scene were able to give police descriptions of Lipsey that placed him as a person of interest, Clemens said. The knife believed to have been used to stab Quick Bear is currently being tested at the South Dakota Forensic Lab.
Clemens said that Quick Bear and Lipsey were acquaintances — they knew each other, but wouldn’t be considered friends. Investigators are still working to figure out specifically what led up to the stabbing.
Lipsey was scheduled to make an initial appearance at the Minnehaha County Courthouse on Wednesday afternoon. If convicted of first-degree murder, the minimum sentence is life in prison. The maximum is death.
The fatal stabbing of Quick Bear was Sioux Falls’ 14th homicide of the year, the highest number of homicides the police department has ever been tasked with investigating.
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