Jury rules Wayne Burgarello not guilty on all charges including: First degree murder, second degree murder, involuntary murder, voluntary murder, and attempted murder.
A female trespasser who survived a shooting in a vacant Sparks duplex says the property owner was unprovoked when he opened fire, wounding her three times and killing a man on the floor next to her.
Wayne Burgarello's murder trial got underway on Tuesday. He's accused of murdering a man and injuring a woman in a shooting last year in Sparks.
Jury selection begins Monday at the murder trial for an elderly Sparks man who claims he was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot an unarmed trespasser in a case that has brought attention to Nevada's "stand-your-ground" law.
A Washoe County district judge plans to begin a murder trial Monday for a 74-year-old Sparks man who claims he was acting in self-defense when he fatally shot a trespasser in a vacant duplex.
A judge in Reno has pushed back until next week a decision on whether the murder trial can still begin May 18 for a 74-year-old Sparks man who fatally shot an unarmed trespasser last year.
The lawyer for a Sparks man accused of murder in the shooting of an unarmed trespasser says she can't promise Wayne Burgarello will be ready to go to trial next month given the prosecution's continued questioning of his competency.
Prosecutors on Friday asked a state judge for a competency evaluation for a Nevada man who killed an unarmed trespasser in a case that has put the spotlight on Nevada's "stand-your-ground law."
A judge has postponed a decision on whether to further delay Wayne Burgarello's murder trial after his lawyer reported the 73-year-old Sparks man who killed an unarmed trespasser has suffered another stroke.
A judge is reconsidering whether the 73-year-old man charged with murder in the shooting of two unarmed trespassers at a vacant Sparks duplex should have access to the confidential mental health records of the surviving victim.