The Douglas County Sheriff's Office released more details on a deadly police shooting that happened November 8th in Gardnerville.

During Tuesday's press conference, Sheriff Dan Coverley showed bodycam video of events leading up to the deadly shooting.

Deputies say they interacted with the suspect, 16-year-old John Brown 18 times prior to the incident, for various reasons including drug charges, saying the interactions were 'Nothing major, nothing super significant."

Deputies say previously they were initially called to a home on Pit Road for a report of a mother whose son, John Brown had assaulted her with a gun and then fled. The mother also told authorities that he tried to steal a car, on the same road. Police say when Brown and a second person he was with, failed to steal the car, the duo ran away toward Tillman Lane.

Eventually, officers say they found Brown with a gun on his lap, inside a car on Short Court. 

When they ordered Brown to get out of the car, they refused and that's when Brown and deputies exchanged gunfire - Brown was killed while one unidentified deputy was shot in the hand, suffering non-life-threatening injuries. Sheriff Coverely later said that the deputy was shot by a fellow deputy, not Brown.

Deputies say the second person, a 16-year-old was arrested and booked into the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center on robbery charges. 

During the press conference, Sheriff Coverely confirmed that the gun that Brown used was not real but because deputies did not know that, they responded as if that weapon was real.

The deputy that was hit in the hand has since had surgery with the eventual goal of returning to duty.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office and Nevada State Police are handling the investigation

Sheriff Coverley went on to say that this is the only police shooting in Douglas County this year.

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Douglas County Sheriff's Office provides an overview of the events that lead to the Short Court officer-involved shooting that took place in Gardnerville on November 8, 2024.

More information can be found here: https://sheriff.douglascountynv.gov/news/what_s_new/armed_suspect_fatally_shot_by_d_c_s_o_deputies

Douglas County Sheriff's Office provides an overview of the events that lead to the Short Court officer-involved shooting that took place in Gardnerville on November 8, 2024.

More information can be found here: https://sheriff.douglascountynv.gov/news/what_s_new/armed_suspect_fatally_shot_by_d_c_s_o_deputies

ORIGINAL STORY:

A Douglas County deputy is recovering after being shot in the hand by a suspect who was also killed in the same police shooting, in Gardnerville early Friday morning. 

Deputies say they were initially called to a home on Pit Road for a report of a mother whose son, John Brown had assaulted her with a gun and then fled. The mother also told authorities that he tried to steal a car, on the same road. Police say when Brown and a second person he was with, failed to steal the car, the duo ran away toward Tillman Lane.

Eventually, officers say they found Brown with a gun on his lap, inside a car on Short Court. 

When they ordered Brown to get out of the car, they refused and that's when Brown and deputies exchanged gunfire - Brown was killed while one unidentified deputy was shot in the hand, suffering non-life-threatening injuries. 

Deputies say the second person, a 16-year-old was arrested and booked into the Douglas County Juvenile Detention Center on robbery charges. 

The Carson City Sheriff's Office and Nevada State Police are handling the investigation.

All deputies involved in the shooting have been put on administrative leave, pending a review.

ORIGINAL STORY:

A Douglas County deputy suffered non-life-threatening injuries after a shooting with a suspect in Gardnerville early Friday morning. 

Deputies say it happened near Short Court and Pit Road in Gardnerville. 

Deputies say the suspect is dead and there's no threat to the community. 

We have a crew on scene right now getting more details.Â