Marine Veteran of Iraq and Afghanistan shot after police standoff

Man shot in Custer was honorably discharged Marine
Emilie Rusch Journal staff

Stationed at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, Engen was trained as a scout/sniper in the 2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion and served in both Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom. He was honorably discharged in May.

The Custer man who was shot and killed by a South Dakota Highway Patrol officer early Tuesday after going on a destructive rampage through his hometown was a Marine who had served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Cody G. Engen, 22, died during a standoff with law enforcement officers about 3:30 a.m. Tuesday, according to South Dakota Attorney General’s office. In the previous hour, he had used his pickup and a handgun to cause considerable damage to buildings, vehicles, mailboxes and street signs throughout Custer. No one else was injured in the incident.

“Cody was just a normal young man growing up,” said Custer County Sheriff Rick Wheeler, who has worked with his father, Dan Engen, a sheriff’s deputy, for a number of years. “As far as I know, there were no issues or anything.”
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