FATAL HOME INVASION ATTACK ON NORTHSIDE

A SIOUX CITY MAN IS IN CUSTODY FACING CHARGES AFTER A HOME INVASION EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING THAT HAS LEFT ONE MAN DEAD AND ONE WOMAN INJURED.

POLICE CHIEF DOUG YOUNG SAYS OFFICERS RESPONDED TO A CALL AT 504 39TH STREET PLACE AROUND 3AM.

THE MAN AND WOMAN, WHO ARE EACH 54 YEARS OLD, WERE TRANSPORTED TO MERCY MEDICAL CENTER WHERE THE MALE VICTIM LATER DIED FROM HIS INJURIES. THEIR NAMES HAVE NOT BEEN RELEASED.

YOUNG SAYS THE SUSPECT, 23 YEAR OLD JAMES KROLL, SURRENDERED WITHOUT A STRUGGLE AFTER OFFICERS LOCATED HIM IN THE LEEDS AREA:

YOUNG SAYS THE VICTIMS WERE ACQUAINTED WITH KROLL AND THAT A CROWBAR WAS RECOVERED AT THE CRIME SCENE.

ANOTHER WOMAN WHO LIVES IN THE HOME WAS INSIDE THE RESIDENCE AT THE TIME OF THE ATTACK, BUT WAS NOT INJURED.

KROLL REMAINS IN CUSTODY IN THE WOODBURY COUNTY JAIL PENDING CHARGES FROM THE COUNTY ATTORNEY.