Anderson v. Streeter

2026 S.D. 17
CourtSouth Dakota Supreme Court
DecidedMarch 11, 2026
Docket31167
StatusPublished

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Anderson v. Streeter, 2026 S.D. 17 (S.D. 2026).

Opinion

#31167-a-SPM 2026 S.D. 17

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA

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KELLY ANDERSON, Plaintiff and Appellant,

v.

DAVID STREETER, Defendant and Appellee.

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SEVENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT FALL RIVER COUNTY, SOUTH DAKOTA

THE HONORABLE ROBERT GUSINSKY Judge

ERIC M. SCHLIMGEN JOHN SPARKS, Legal Intern of Schlimgen Law Firm, LLC Spearfish, South Dakota Attorneys for plaintiff and appellant.

MATTHEW HAYS MCCOY Custer, South Dakota

J. SCOTT JAMES of Southern Hills Law, PLLC Custer, South Dakota Attorneys for defendant and appellee.

CONSIDERED ON BRIEFS FEBRUARY 11, 2026 OPINION FILED 03/11/26 #31167

MYREN, Justice

[¶1.] David Streeter shot Kelly Anderson in the chest after Anderson

confronted him at his home. Anderson filed a civil lawsuit against Streeter.

Streeter moved to dismiss, claiming that he acted in self-defense and was immune

from civil liability under SDCL 22-18-4.8. Anderson requested a continuance of the

immunity hearing, contending he needed additional time to obtain and review a

transcript of grand jury proceedings related to Streeter’s conduct on the day of the

shooting. The circuit court determined the grand jury transcript was inadmissible

and denied Anderson’s motion for a continuance. After conducting the immunity

hearing, the circuit court concluded that Streeter was justified in exercising deadly

force in self-defense under SDCL 22-18-4.1 and was immune from civil liability

under SDCL 22-18-4.8. Anderson appeals. We affirm.

Factual and Procedural Background

[¶2.] Vivos xPoint Investment Group, LLC (Vivos) is a community of

decommissioned military bunkers located outside of Edgemont. In July 2023,

Streeter purchased a bunker and began preparations to move in with his family.

After moving into the bunker, Streeter began having problems with the people who

managed the Vivos community. He testified that after reporting problems with his

septic system to Vivos management, Vivos employees were continually “circling my

bunker and facing my bunker and actively filming us” as retaliation for making the

complaint. Streeter also testified that Vivos employees were frequently “flipping us

off. Just making signs with their - - with their hands as they’re driving by, things of

that nature, speeding up and down the road” and making lewd gestures in front of

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Streeter’s wife. Streeter testified that this behavior by Vivos employees continued

for months. Streeter contacted law enforcement about these issues, but the conduct

continued.

[¶3.] Streeter testified that on August 23, 2024, J.R. Rodriguez, a Vivos

employee, sped by Streeter’s bunker at a high rate of speed. Because Streeter’s

prior attempts to involve law enforcement had not succeeded, he decided to take the

initiative. Streeter got in his vehicle and followed Rodriguez. Streeter caught up to

Rodriguez, opened the door on his vehicle, put his “hand on [Rodriguez’s] chest,

[and] pushed him into his seat.” Streeter explained that he told Rodriguez that he

was tired of Vivos employees speeding past his bunker.

[¶4.] Roughly forty-five minutes after Streeter’s confrontation with

Rodriguez, Rodriguez and another Vivos employee, Tom Dundas, drove to Streeter’s

property. Dundas explained to Streeter that Vivos employees were working on a

road near Streeter’s bunker. Streeter demanded that Vivos employees stop driving

by his bunker at high speed. Although highly charged, this confrontation did not

escalate into physical violence.

[¶5.] Dundas and Rodriguez returned to their worksite and told Anderson

about their interactions with Streeter. Anderson became upset with Streeter’s

behavior and decided to confront Streeter himself. Anderson sent a series of text

messages to Chris Yellow Thunder, a mutual acquaintance of Streeter and

Anderson, describing his intentions. The text message exchange, which was

admitted at the immunity hearing, read as follows:

Anderson: I’m about to fuck his ass up.

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Anderson: I have[n’t] said anything about this to any one but you.

Anderson: You might want to come down to Streeter’s.

Yellow Thunder: Dave is my guy Kelly… beef needs to go away… I’m coming down.

Anderson: I’m sorry.

Anderson: I’m almost there.

Anderson: What he did isn’t right.

Anderson: And I’m gonna educate this mother fucker.

[¶6.] After this exchange with Anderson, Yellow Thunder called Streeter,

told him what Anderson had said, and began driving to Streeter’s bunker. Streeter

received Yellow Thunder’s warning roughly forty-five minutes after his

confrontation with Dundas and Rodriguez. Streeter heard a vehicle coming while

he was on the phone with Yellow Thunder. Anderson arrived in a skid steer, which

he drove to the edge of Streeter’s property. Anderson began yelling threats at

Streeter from the roadway in front of Streeter’s bunker.1 In response, Streeter drew

his handgun and pointed it at Anderson.2

[¶7.] Streeter warned Anderson to leave the premises several times.

Anderson asked Streeter, “Have you ever killed someone?” After Streeter

responded that he had, Anderson stated that he had killed somebody “with his bare

1. A video of the confrontation and shooting was admitted into the record. In the circuit court’s written findings of fact and conclusions of law, it explained that it “found the video especially probative in assessing the facts.”

2. Streeter testified that, as a former law enforcement officer, he always carries a firearm on his person. -3- #31167

hands.” Streeter testified that based on Anderson’s words and actions, he “was in

fear for myself, for my daughters, and for all of my grandkids.” Streeter explained

that “[a]t that point in time he advances towards me and yells ‘I’m here for you,

Streeter,’ something to that effect on film, and then he came at the fence and that’s

when I engaged him.” Streeter later explained, “When he started to and advance

and yelled whatever he yelled there, as - - his body posture changed, his facial

expression changed, his - - everything about him at that point in time was a credible

threat to me through my training, was a credible threat that he was going to harm

me and harm my family, so I engaged him at that point in time.”

[¶8.] Streeter shot Anderson once in the chest. Streeter testified that he

fired as Anderson advanced, and they were only a foot or so apart. He testified that

he did not believe the fence around his property diminished the threat Anderson

posed because “the fence is only four foot high.” Streeter estimated that nearly an

hour and a half had passed between his initial confrontation with Rodriguez and

Anderson’s arrival at his bunker.

[¶9.] After shooting Anderson, Streeter kept his handgun pointed at

Anderson and instructed his daughter to notify law enforcement and to grab a

“medical bag.” After Anderson became immobilized, Streeter, an emergency

medical technician, rendered medical aid by placing compression on the wound to

control the bleeding.

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