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Christopher Janis, 42, a Native American man, was killed on May 27, 2017 on the Pine Ridge Reservation near Sharps Corner in South Dakota, after a meeting that federal prosecutors later described as a drug-related encounter arranged that afternoon.

According to court records and federal announcements, Scott Benson drove with Jamie Shoulders and Clarence Yellow Hawk to a driveway approach off the highway roughly two miles north of Sharps Corner, where Janis was sitting in a minivan with an ...Read More
Victim Details

Christopher Janis

Male

Native American / American Indian

Pine Ridge

SD

2017-05-27

42

Christopher

Janis

Yes

02/26/2026