Police tape is seen in a file photo. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) SPARKS, Nev.—Three law enforcement officers in Northern Nevada were shot and wounded Friday, after a traffic stop in the Reno area quickly escalated into an hourslong standoff that included several shootouts between officers and the suspect, police said.
Chris Crawforth, the police chief in the nearby city of Sparks, said Saturday at a news conference that the wounded officers—two Sparks police officers and a Washoe County sheriff’s deputy—were treated for their injuries and had been released from the hospital.
The violent standoff ended around 10:30 p.m. Friday when officers found the suspect dead inside a stranger’s home where he had been hiding, Crawforth said. The suspect’s name has not been released.
The ordeal began with a traffic stop about nine hours earlier. When the Sparks police officer approached the vehicle, the driver pulled out a handgun and shot through the window, […]
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