ST. FRANCIS, S.D. - A 33-year-old Rapid City, South Dakota woman has been sentenced to four years and nine months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for killing her brother during a fight over her Xbox gaming console. Lucy Medicine Eagle was at a house in St. Francis on Mar. 28, 2022, drinking alcohol with family members when she accused her brother of stealing and pawning her gaming console. However, the Xbox was actually misplaced and sitting behind a couch.

Medicine Eagle physically attacked her brother, repeatedly striking and punching him in the face and head. Even though he told her to stop and put his arms up in a defensive position, she continued hitting him until other family members intervened. By that time, the brother had suffered severe head injuries and became unresponsive.

He was transported to a Rapid City hospital where he was kept alive on life support machines until he died on Apr. 1, 2022.

Medicine Eagle pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter on Apr. 26, 2024.  In exchange for her plea, a second-degree murder charge was dropped.