UPDATE: 11:10PM: Two women were found dead tonight in a Washoe Valley home while the suspect was killed in a shootout after a high speed chase on Highway 50 that began in Carson City and ended at Sand Mountain Recreation Area in Churchill County. One man was injured and is at Renown Medical Center in Reno, said Washoe County Sheriff's Office Detective Lt. Tom Green. His condition is unknown at this time.
The suspect is believed to have stolen a white Jeep Cherokee, which was registered to the residence, Green said. Inside the garage of the home was a pickup with Arizona license plates. Detectives are trying to determine if the pickup belonged to the suspect, said Green.
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UPDATE 9:15 PM: The suspect in a Washoe Valley shooting earlier tonight is dead, confirmed Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong who was at the scene. No officers were hurt. Multiple agencies were involved in the pursuit, which began in Carson City on Highway 50 East and ended at a campground in the Sand Mountain Recreation Area. The campground was evacuated. At least eight Carson City sheriff's officers were involved in the pursuit.
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UPDATE 855PM: Suspect reported down in the Sand Mountain Area in Churchill County after a shootout with law enforcement. Officers on the scene said the chase has ended. More information forthcoming as it becomes available.
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UPDATE: According to dispatch via scanner, the shooting tonight in Washoe Valley is a double homicide. Washoe County Sheriff's Office spokesman Bob Harmon could not confirm this information.
He was arriving at the scene at Leo Bingo Court. That report came in at 8:30 p.m. As of 8:45 p.m. the pursuit continued through Churchill County and into the Sand Mountain Recreation Area. Shots have been reportedly fired at the guard shack.
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UPDATE: The chase has now entered the Fallon area as of 8:26 p.m. Shots have reportedly been fired.
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UPDATE: Law enforcement from Carson City, Lyon County and the Nevada Highway Patrol were chasing a white Jeep Cherokee on Highway 50 through Dayton and into Stagecoach. The driver may be armed with a long rifle. He is believed to have shot one person in Washoe Valley.
Strip spikes were being set up in East Lyon County as law officers pursued the vehicle. Speeds were reported to be in excess of 100 mph, according to law officers via dispatch. The vehicle had gone around at least one set of highway spikes outside of Stagecoach.
The chase began at around 7:45 p.m. on Highway 50 after deputies were pursuing a vehicle out of Washoe County that was believed to be involved in a shooting.
Carson City deputies located the vehicle on the Carson Freeway going around 80 mph in a 65. Deputies pursued the vehicle where it exited at Highway 50 and took off at a high rate of speed, going through the stop light at Airport Road.
The vehicle continued east, crossing the county line and into Dayton, traveling at a high rate of speed. Multiple patrol vehicles from NHP, Carson City and Lyon County were pursuing the vehicle.
The driver is believed to be a man who may have been involved in a shooting in which one person may have been injured, according to dispatchers via scanner. This is not confirmed, however.
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