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Rapid City police chase suspect out of hospital
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- A Kyle man injured in a fatal police chase in Rapid City is out of the hospital and in jail.
• Authorities say 36-year-old Jimmy Pilcher was transferred to jail Thursday and made his initial court appearance Friday.
• He's charged with driving under revocation, driving under the influence, aggravated eluding, manslaughter and vehicular homicide.
• Bond was set at $500,000 and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for Nov. 6.
• Authorities were chasing Pilcher on Oct. 11 when his car ran a red light in Rapid City and was hit by another car. A passenger in that vehicle was killed and the driver and several others were injured in the crash that involved four vehicles.
• Court records indicate Pilcher has a history of reckless driving.
• He doesn't yet have an attorney.
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Rapid City hotel shooting wounds 1; suspect flees
• RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) -- Rapid City police are investigating a shooting at a hotel that wounded a man, and searching for the suspect.
• Officers were called to the Budget Host Inn about 2:30 a.m. Friday for a report of shots fired. They found a 42-year-old man with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. He was taken to a hospital. Police did not state his condition.
• Authorities say initial reports indicate the man was in a room with several people. They say a male relative of a woman in the room came there, got into an argument, and pulled out a handgun and fired at the victim after being told to leave.
• The suspect fled and police are continuing to search for him.
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Ark. Democrats look for boost from shutdown
ANDREW DeMILLO, Associated Press
• LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) -- Arkansas Democrats have suffered politically in recent years after Republicans tied the party to President Barack Obama in federal, state and even local legislative races. But now Democrats hope standing with the president during the 16-day federal government shutdown could reverse their fortunes.
• From a two-term senator accusing his Republican rival of costing the country billions for supporting the budget standoff to a congressional hopeful citing it as his primary reason for running, the shutdown is offering hope to Arkansas Democrats that (Continued on page 26)
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