Investigative report into the murder of Alton Mesteth (Pine Ridge Indian Reservation)

Alton Daniel Mesteth was an Oglala Sioux Tribe member, United States Army veteran, father, grandfather and longtime Indian Health Service employee. He was born January 21, 1970, and had turned 54 six days before his death. In the early morning hours of January 27, 2024, an unidentified person or persons fired from a vehicle

into his home on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation near Kyle South Dakota, killing him. The FBI believes Alton was likely not the intended target. The motive remains publicly unclear.