Emerson Marcus

RGJ

2 p.m. Thursday update:

An incident that led to a shooting Wednesday near the University of Nevada, Reno campus precipitated after a uniformed Washoe County Sheriff's deputy driving a marked vehicle conducted a traffic stop and discovered the driver had a warrant for his arrest.

"There were indicators when the officer made the stop that the subject had a warrant and they were sending another unit to back him up," UNR Police Commander Todd Renwick said.

That initial unit was UNRPD, Renwick said.

Police haven't released information on what happened between that moment and a shooting that left a man dead at about 4 p.m. Wednesday on Terrace Drive and College Drive near the Wolf Den Bar and Grill across Virginia Street from campus.

Police have said an "incident occurred and shots were fired" killing a "single occupant of the vehicle."

Specifics weren't given on why the county vehicle was driving near campus and why personnel with a multi-agency task force eventually took the fatal shot.

The multi-agency task force known as All Threats All Crimes fired the fatal shot, Reno police said. When the Reno Gazette-Journal asked witnesses how many shots were fired, answers ranged from two to four.

All Threats All Crimes is a multi-agency unit created by the Nevada State Department of Public Safety that "investigates and pursues offenders who perpetrate crimes of violence," including gangs, drug traffickers and wanted persons, the sheriff's office website says.

That unit was involved in another deadly shooting in September that killed 42-year-old convicted felon James L. Bowman.

The Reno Police Department is investigating both shootings. The investigation into the September shooting is pending forensic and medical examiner results, RPD Lt. William Rulla said Thursday.

Washoe County protocol asks for officers from outside agencies to investigate police shootings.

The Reno Police Department does not work assignments with the All Threats All Crimes unit, but they do share police intelligence, Reno police Officer Tim Broadway said.

The District Attorney decides whether to prosecute police shootings.

Police have not identified the officer involved in the deadly shooting, but said he has been placed on paid administrative leave.

No UNR students or other members of the public were in danger, Broadway said.

Wednesday update: An unidentified suspect was shot and killed by a law enforcement officer Wednesday near a popular bar and grill in the University of Nevada, Reno area.

The shooting, which occurred shortly before 4 p.m., happened during an ongoing investigation by a "multi-jurisdictional task force" working near Terrace and College drives, said Officer Tim Broadway of the Reno Police Department.

"At some point there was an altercation between the subjects and the officers and one subject was shot by an officer. That subject is deceased on Terrace Drive," Broadway said. "There was some type of threat. That's why shots were fired."

In a later press release, police said the task force was conducting a traffic stop on a vehicle, and the person shot was in the vehicle.

The Reno Police Department, which was not involved in the investigation leading to the shooting nor in the shooting itself, is taking the lead role in investigating the incident, Broadway said.

The officer who shot the man is a member of the All Threats All Crimes unit, which was a part of another deadly officer-involved shooting in early September near the Washoe County administrative complex.

All Threat All Crimes is a multi-agency unit created by the Nevada State Department of Public Safety that "investigates and pursues offenders who perpetrate crimes of violence," including gangs, drug traffickers and wanted persons, the sheriff's office website says.

The shooting occurred near the Wolf Den Bar and Grill, located on College Drive and Virginia Street. Traffic along Virginia Street between 11th and 15th streets was closed for about an hour and a half after the shooting.

Broadway would provide no details regarding the nature of the investigation leading to the shooting, nor identify the police agencies involved. He did not identify the police agency the officer involved in the shooting worked for. The officer is on paid administrative leave per normal shooting protocol, Broadway said.

No UNR students or other members of the public were in danger, Broadway said.

"At no point were there any civilians endangered," he said.

Detectives were interviewing numerous witnesses Wednesday night.

"Obviously being so close to the university, we have a lot of students that were witnesses that are willing to come forward and give statements," Broadway said.

Anyone with information about this incident is asked to contact the Reno Police Department's Robbery Homicide Unit at (775) 334-2188 or Secret Witness at (775) 332-4900, or text the tip to 847411 (TIP 411) keyword SW.

Here's the approximate location of where the shooting happened and where traffic was shut down:

-- By Jeff DeLong and Brian Duggan, RGJ.