(News 4 & Fox 11) — A man wanted for armed carjacking was shot dead and a deputy was injured during an early morning incident in Douglas County on Friday Deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office responded to a call from a mother saying her son assaulted her with a gun on the 1200 block of Pit Road just before 2 a.m had assaulted her with a gun and fled the scene while attempting to steal a car from a nearby victim Brown and an accomplice were unsuccessful in taking the vehicle and proceeded toward Tillman Lane Brown was later found sitting in a car on Short Court Deputies ordered Brown to exit the vehicle A deputy involved in the incident sustained a hand injury and was transported to Renown for treatment The 16-year-old boy accompanying Brown was arrested on a robbery charge All deputies involved in the shooting have been placed on administrative leave and the Carson City Sheriff's Office is conducting the investigation 395 is completely closed in both directions between the Gardnerville Ranchos and Topaz Lake due to a head-on crash Friday morning According to Sergeant Chris Brown with the Nevada Highway Patrol on March 7 in the area of Spring Valley Drive Brown said preliminary investigation reveled a Ford transit van was traveling northbound on 395 when for unknown reasons they drove into oncoming southbound traffic and head a semi-truck head on The driver of the van was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries There is no estimated time for reopening the roadway (News 4 & Fox 11) — ***WARNING: The following video may be considered graphic for some audiences*** The Douglas County Sheriff's Office shared more information about an officer-involved shooting in Gardnerville Ranchos that resulted in the death of a suspect and injury to a deputy that occurred in November at a press conference on Tuesday The incident began when deputies from the Douglas County Sheriff's Office responded to a call from a mother saying her son assaulted her with a gun on the 1200 block of Pit Road just before 2 a.m The gun Brown used was later determined to be a pellet gun A deputy involved in the incident sustained a hand injury when he was struck by a bullet fired by another deputy and he was transported to Renown for treatment Sheriff Daniel Coverly said the injured deputy had surgery and a follow-up appointment with the with the doctor and his hand seems to be mending well He will need several more surgeries in his future but Sheriff Coverley said they are optimistic that he will be able to recover and return to work Sheriff Coverley confirmed that everyone who was involved in the shooting is back on duty except for the deputy that was injured Sheriff Coverley confirmed that Brown was a student at Aspire He says the Douglas County Sheriff's Office had 18 previous contacts with Brown prior to the one that night for various natures Brown's mother was not injured in the incident but not injured at all and did not receive any medical treatment He is in currently in custody in the Douglas County juvenile detention facility Sheriff Coverley says is the only officer-involved shooting the Douglas County Sheriff's Office has had this year The bodycam footage of the shooting is available here: The Carson City Sheriff's Office is conducting an investigation was actively trying to sell a stolen Springfield Armory semi-automatic gun to another male teen The Douglas County Sheriff's conducted an investigation Three minors were arrested after the Douglas County Sheriff's Office investigated several vehicle burglaries in the Gardnerville Ranchos that took place early Sunday A 17-year-old male was arrested at Douglas High School and faces charges of burglary and being a minor in possession of a firearm A 15-year-old male was arrested at his home and faces charges of burglary and grand larceny of a firearm A 14-year-old male was arrested at Pau-Wa-Lu Middle School and faces the charge of burglary The Douglas County Sheriff's Office arrested two teenagers for several weapons related charges was allegedly trying to sell a stolen Springfield Armory semi-automatic gun to another male teen the Douglas County Sheriff's Office conducted an investigation DCSO made contact with the 17-year-old suspect and recovered the stolen gun DCSO learned the teen had allegedly gotten the gun from another 16-year-old teen from Gardnerville DCSO detectives made contact with the 16-year-old Gardnerville resident who they say admitted to selling the stolen gun to the Minden teen along with another 16-year-old and a 14-year-old teen during a rash of car burglaries they had committed in the Gardnerville Ranchos on the early morning hours of Sunday The stolen guns had not been reported to police Police report that the stolen Ruger gun has been sold to a 16-year-old male Gardnerville resident who was on parole for car-jacking cars Police say they located the 16-year-old Gardnerville parolee on Friday Both teens were arrested and booked into the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Facility The 16-year-old male Gardnerville resident was booked for parole violation prohibited person in possession of a firearm The 17-year-old male Minden resident was booked for possession of a stolen firearm Burglary and weapons charges are pending for the three involved teens who committed the car burglaries in the Ranchos Your browser is out of date and potentially vulnerable to security risks.We recommend switching to one of the following browsers: Get up-to-the-minute news sent straight to your device Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker News | Oct 25 Attorneys for a man accused of killing two Gardnerville Ranchos women are back before the Nevada Supreme Court seeking to have him tried in Douglas County Connie Koontz and Sophia Renken were found killed in their homes only blocks apart Jan Wilber Guzman-Martinez also is accused of shooting Reno couple Gerald and Sharon David on Jan Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty against Guzman-Martinez in Washoe County District Court after the Washoe grand jury brought an indictment against him in all four murders The 19-year-old Salvadoran illegal immigrant allegedly worked doing yard maintenance at all of the homes where he is accused of taking the pistol from the Davids’ property that was used to kill all four Western Nevadans Defense attorneys in the Washoe County Public Defender’s Office have focused on the grand jury’s indictment on four counts related to the Douglas homicides They argue that Washoe doesn’t have territorial jurisdiction over the Douglas cases The Supreme Court sent the case back to District Judge Connie Steinheimer 10 that the charges could go forward in Washoe ruling that the offenses appeared to involve a single scheme defenders filed a new appeal seeking to have the Douglas charges dismissed Even if the Supreme Court rules the four Douglas charges must be tried here District Attorney Mark Jackson has been actively participating in the case in Reno It also wouldn’t prevent Washoe County prosecutors from moving forward with their death penalty case in the Davids’ murder Martinez-Guzman’s defense attorneys are also seeking to delay any trial until they can send experts to El Salvador to interview relatives to determine if the defendant is competent The coronavirus lockdown has prevented any attempt It has been nearly 20 years since the last death penalty case in Douglas County A jury was hearing testimony in the case against Thomas Robert Soria he died of a heart condition just days after his son testified during a proceeding Soria was accused in the rape and murder of 9-year-old Krystal Steadman Despite being one of Nevada’s oldest jurisdictions the county has only seen one murder case go from trial to conviction to execution in its history five months after he shot and killed his wife on Jan The only lynching of an accused murderer occurred on Dec when Adam Uber was taken from his jail cell in Genoa by vigilantes beaten and hanged in the shooting death of Millerville saloon keep Hans Andersen Readers around the Lake Tahoe Basin and beyond make the Tahoe Tribune's work possible Your financial contribution supports our efforts to deliver quality your support is critical to help us keep our community informed about the evolving coronavirus pandemic and the impact it is having locally Your donation will help us continue to cover COVID-19 and our other vital local news Sign up for daily and breaking news headlines Manage Subscriptions The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death in Gardnerville that happened Tuesday morning The Douglas County Sheriff's Office is investigating a death in Gardnerville the Sheriff's Office and East Fork Fire responded to Arrowhead Drive in the Gardnerville Ranchos on a report of a person lying on the ground unconscious That person has been identified as 67-year-old Terry Buchanan of Gardnerville They were pronounced dead shortly after DCSO deputies arrived according to a post on the Sheriff's Office Facebook page Foul play is not believed to be involved at this time A cause of death will not be known until the Washoe County Medical Examiner completes an autopsy If you have any information that can help authorities call or text your anonymous tip to Secret Witness at 775-322-4900 A previous version of this story identified the victim as male Official sources have not yet revealed the gender of the victim and the story has been updated to reflect that Share on FacebookShare on X (formerly Twitter)Share on PinterestShare on LinkedInThe Douglas County Sheriff's Office has released the name of the man shot and killed Sunday night in the Gardnerville Ranchos area after authorities said he tried to break into a home The sheriff's office said 36-year-old Joshua McCarthy of Gardnerville was reportedly involved in a physical confrontation with the homeowner while attempting to break in Several witnesses told responding deputies that McCarthy had been in a fight with another person at a different home prior to the shooting They also said McCarthy had been drinking heavy amounts of alcohol The sheriff's office said this was an isolated incident and there is no threat to the community The investigation is ongoing and anyone with any information related to this incident is asked to contact Investigator Scott Battcher at 775-782-9905 One person is dead following a shooting Saturday night in the Gardnerville Ranchos area All people involved were detained and an investigation is on-going The call for the shooting in the 1400 block of Bumblebee Drive came in at 9:31 p.m Deputies arrived on the scene to find one person Sheriff Dan Coverley told Citywide Video News there were several bystanders “We still don’t know what caused this or why this happened,” Coverley said It's unclear why two separate women in the Gardnerville Ranchos area were murdered in the last four days but Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley says enough similarities exist that they believe the two killings are connected.  "Rest assured that the sheriff's office is doing everything we can to find who committed these crimes and bring them to justice," Coverley said during a Monday morning press conference.  The sheriff's office says Connie Koontz was murdered inside her home on James Road in Gardnerville Ranchos on Jan who was killed in her Dresslerville Road home roughly four days later on Sunday The two murders happened just one or two miles apart and the sheriff's office has no suspect identified who is disabled but lived with her daughter And Renken was found by a friend after the 74-year-old didn't show up to a prearranged activity planned for the next morning.   Due to similarities in how the suspect entered the home the age and sex of the two victims, that it appeared they both lived alone and that they both lived in the same general area investigators believe there is a "strong possibility the same suspect committed both crimes," Coverley said.  Coverley would not comment on the manner in which Koontz and Renken were killed but he said it did not appear that the suspect forced entry into the homes.  There is also no indication of a motive or if there is more than one person involved in the killings.  "That's one of the things that's the scariest," Coverley said. "There doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason why this is occurring."  It's unclear if the victims were chosen or targeted but Coverley said it remains a possibility — particularly since the victims were both women and appeared to live alone.  Coverley said that while the murders are similar and thought to be connected it is "premature and not-wise" to coin the killings as the work of a serial killer.  The Douglas County Sheriff's Office has asked for assistance from the FBI in processing forensic evidence from the scenes.  The FBI's behavioral analysis unit in Quantico Virginia has also been asked to build a psychological profile of a suspect that could have committed the murders.  A $10,000 reward is being offered for information leading to the capture and prosecution of a person involved with the murders.  Patrols have been increased throughout the county but an emphasis has been placed on the Gardnerville Ranchos area Coverley pleaded at the press conference for residents in the area to lock their doors 24/7 and not open the door for anyone they do not know or expect.  He said people should check on their neighbors who they know live alone.  "I would encourage all residents to be vigilant (and) pay attention to what's going on," he said. "You know who should and should not be in your neighborhood."  "If you see anything that is suspicious or sticks out or doesn't fit For the second time in less than a week the Douglas County Sheriff's Office is urging residents to lock their doors and windows after a person was murdered in the Gardnerville Ranchos area.  The killing marks the second homicide in Gardnerville Ranchos in the last four or five days and the sheriff's office believes the two murders might be connected Douglas County Deputies responded to 943 Dresslerville Road at approximately 1:20 p.m January 13 on a report of a deceased person The ensuing investigation revealed the death was the result of a homicide.  "Initial observations" from that investigation revealed that the Jan. 13 killing may be related to another murder of Gardnerville resident Connie Koontz authorities believe an unknown suspect entered Koontz's James Road home and killed her before fleeing the scene.  The sheriff's office has said little about the circumstances of either homicide or what leads them to believe the two incidents are related.  The sheriff's office says it has a "heightened sense of concern" for the community and has increased patrol activities throughout the county with emphasis on the Gardnerville Ranchos.  Residents are urged to lock their doors and windows leave an outside light illuminated at night and ensure all home security systems are functional All suspicious activity should be immediately reported to the sheriff's office.