Sioux City — A Sioux City man is jailed in the weekend shooting death of a woman on the city’s north side.
Police say 23-year-old Austyn Self is charged with first-degree murder and three counts of child endangerment. Police Sergeant Tom Gill says officers were dispatched to a house around 9:40 p.m. Saturday during a 911 call where a woman was pleading for help.
Gill says officers found the 31-year-old woman in the home with a gunshot injury to her abdomen.
The woman’s name hasn’t been released. Gill says the suspect and victim were in a relationship.
Self is being held in the Woodbury County Jail.
