MADISON, S.D. (AP) - The Lake County state's attorney says a
grand jury has indicted a 73-year-old Watertown man for
first-degree murder in the Jan. 31 killing of a retired Madison
High School teacher and track coach.
Carl Ericsson is accused of fatally shooting his long-ago
classmate Norman Johnson in what may have been an old grudge that
spanned more than a half-century.
The 72-year-old Johnson was shot twice in the face after
answering the door at his house in Madison. Johnson's wife,
Barbara, found him lying on the floor and saw a man walking to a
car parked outside.
State's attorney Ken Meyer says Ericsson was indicted on
Tuesday.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday morning.
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