The Lyon County Sheriff's Office is investigating a fatal shooting that happened Friday night in Silver Springs.
Deputies were called shortly after 9 p.m. to a Catfish Street address after dispatch received a call from a woman who advised she had shot her adult son, said Lyon County Sheriff's Lieutenant J. L. Pattison.
Deputies arrived and discovered an adult male dead from a single gunshot wound. The woman was taken to the hospital for injuries sustained during the incident. Initial indications are that the shooting was in self-defense.
The names of the woman and dead man have not been released. Lyon County detectives are investigating.
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