RAPID CITY, S.D. – Rapid City Police have made an arrest in connection with an August homicide.
Police say they have taken 30-year-old Kane Youngman into custody for the shooting death of Monte Gakin at 225 E. Watertown Street.
At around 7:15 p.m. on August 27th, 2025, police were dispatched to the apartment complex at 225 E. Watertown Street for a report of gunshots heard in the building. On arrival, police located an adult male, later identified as Gakin, with gunshot wounds inside an apartment. Police rendered emergency first aid to Gakin, however, he was ultimately declared deceased on scene.
Through the course of the ongoing investigation, police established Youngman’s involvement in the shooting through physical evidence recovered from the scene, in addition to ongoing forensic testing and analysis.
Youngman was contacted by police in the afternoon hours of March 13th and taken into custody for First Degree Murder.
He was subsequently booked into the Pennington County Jail, where he remains at the time of this release.
