IGLOO — A former military munitions site with concrete bunkers now used as residences has become the source of numerous lawsuits, several complaints to the South Dakota Attorney General's Office, a near-fatal shooting and now an FBI inquiry, a News Watch investigation has found.
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A bunker being used as a residence, in foreground, is part of the Vivos xPoint bunker complex, shown Oct. 4, 2024, near Igloo.
This Oct. 4 photo shows the TV room in a finished bunker within the Vivos xPoint survivalist community at Igloo.
Robert Vicino
This photo, taken on Oct. 4 at the Vivos xPoint bunker complex near Igloo, shows an empty bunker before any improvements are made. The bunkers, where much of the nation's military munitions were stored last century, have about 2,200 square-feet of livable space with 12-foot ceilings.
David Streeter on Oct. 4 in front of his former Igloo bunker in the Vivos xPoint complex where he shot a Vivos subcontractor he said threatened him and his family. Streeter was not criminally charged in the shooting.
Vivos xPoint bunker complex resident Rich Roehm, shown on Oct. 4 in his bunker near Igloo, filed a complaint with the South Dakota Attorney General's Office over improvements he said he paid for that were not completed or were completed improperly.
Wayne Corriea, shown outside his Igloo bunker on Oct. 4 has lived at Vivos xPoint for five years and once worked for complex owner Robert Vicino.
Bunkers that are occupied by residents, such as this one shown on Oct. 4 at the Vivos xPoint bunker complex near Igloo, often have many belongings stored out front.
Attorney J. Scott James, on Nov. 25 in his office in Custer, is representing a handful of clients who are involved in lawsuits related to the Vivos xPoint bunker complex.
An open gate welcomes visitors to the Vivos XPoint bunker complex on Oct. 4 near Igloo.
This sign just inside the entrance to the Vivos xPoint bunker complex, shown Oct. 4 near Igloo, indicates that most promised amenities have not been built and are still "coming soon," several years after the project launched.
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