Former South Dakota Mayor Jay Ostrem charged in shooting deaths of 3 men

A former South Dakota mayor has been arrested and charged in the fatal shootings of three people.

Jay Ostrem, 64, was booked into the Minnehaha County Jail Tuesday morning in connection with Monday night's shooting in Centerville, just south of Sioux Falls, according to the South Dakota Attorney General's Office. Ostrem, who served as mayor of the small town of Centerville nearly 15 years ago, has been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and is being held on $1 million bail.

Gunshots were reported at a Centerville home shortly before 10 p.m. Monday, according to court documents. Zach Frankus, one of the victims who reported the shooting, said his brother was shot and killed by a man armed with a shotgun, adding that the shooter returned home. After some time, Frankus told the dispatcher he had been shot and eventually stopped talking.