UPDATE: Carson City sheriff’s deputies responded to two locations early Wednesday afternoon after a man apparently walked into Chase Bank on South Carson Street and said he shot himself in the hand.
The incident happened at the man’s home and he went to the bank for help, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Deputies were told by the reporting party the man was elderly and that he left the gun at his residence. Law enforcement is at the bank on 3883 South Carson Street and at the man’s residence. The incident was reported at around noon.
Carson City Fire Department responded and a tourniquet was applied to the patient. The man, who was described as being elderly, was taken by ground ambulance to the airport where a Care Flight air ambulance was called to transport him to the trauma ward at Renown in Reno.
We will update as more information becomes available.
