(Carroll County, Iowa) – An Audubon County man who was wanted on a South Dakota warrant associated with a shooting death, has died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to the Carroll County Sheriff’s Office, first responders were dispatched at approximately 9:15-a.m. to a field near the intersection of 300^th Street and Mahogany Avenue following a report of a suicidal male in possession of a firearm. The man – who was identified as 58-year-old Lance Allen Meaike, of Audubon, was found deceased near his vehicle upon their arrival at the scene.

The South Dakota Attorney’s Office has confirmed Meaike was wanted on a felony charges of first-degree manslaughter and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, in connection with the June 12th shooting death in  Lawrence County, S.D., of 59-year-old Larry Petersen, of Audubon. Authorities previously said the incident occurred as part of an altercation at a cabin outside Lead, S.D.

An investigation determined a fight broke out that evening between four men from Iowa and Nebraska who were staying together as a group of UTV riders. During the altercation, a single round from a .9-mm handgun discharged, striking 59-year-old Larry Petersen, of Audubon. Petersen was transported to Monument Health Lead-Deadwood Hospital, where he later died from his wounds.