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A road rage incident involving two men late Tuesday morning in the area of Goni and Arrowhead resulted in multiple 22-caliber shots being fired at a truck. No one was hurt in the incident. Carson City sheriff's deputies continued to look for the suspect vehicle Tuesday night.

UPDATE: The suspect in a shooting of a 71-year-old victim in a domestic dispute Friday night has been identified as Andrew Seth Harris, 47, of Carson City. The suspect was initially identified by officers on scene as female. It was determined during the investigation the suspect is legally a man.

UPDATE: One person is in custody tonight following a vehicle chase that ended off of Curry Street, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. At one point, three were detained. Carson Now readers have asked about gunshots heard. Furlong noted the agency has also dealt with fireworks issues tonight in the area.
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A vehicle chase that began just before 7:30 p.m. for a failure to yield ended with at least 10 patrol vehicles working in tandem to stop the vehicle before it caused a serious wreck. Three were apprehended when the vehicle chase ended at Paiute and Shoshone just off of Curry Street.

A fundraiser by The Downtown Coin Club for the family of fallen Carson City Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Howell raised $540. The donation, along with a custom-made plaque, was presented to the Carson City Sheriff’s Office Friday.

The money was raised through the generosity of Downtown Coin customers, and matched by the Downtown Carson City Coin Club, said Downtown Coin owner Dan Wilson.

Sheriff Ken Furlong is pleased to announce that Carson City Sheriff’s Office Reserve Commander Tom Crawford was the recipient of the Governor’s Points of Light Award, Volunteer Manager of the year.

Commander Crawford has been responsible for the Uniform Reserves of the Sheriff’s Office since 2005 and made significant contributions to the community as a whole. During his tenure, Tom has overseen the activities of over 150 reserves, many of whom who have gone on to become full time Deputy Sheriff’s here in the community, and surrounding jurisdictions.

The Carson City Sheriff's Office has a new deputy. Bruce Pendragon, 30, was officially sworn in as a uniformed peace officer on Friday by Sheriff Ken Furlong.
Pendragon has been assigned to the detention division. His mother, Stephanie Ardelean, a sheriff's office volunteer, pinned the badge on her son during the ceremony.

Carson City is the recipient of a three-year, $375,000 U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing grant that will fund three resource officers for the Carson City School District, Sheriff Ken Furlong announced Friday.

Carson City is the recipient of a three-year, $375,000 U.S. Department of Justice Community Oriented Policing grant that will fund three resource officers for the Carson City School District, Sheriff Ken Furlong announced Friday.

The grant award tops off a three-year effort to develop a Carson City School Resource Officer Program, dedicated to the schools and functionally operated out of the sheriff’s office, said Furlong. The grant provides for salaries and benefits of three officers who will work alongside youth 12 months a year both inside and outside the classroom.

UPDATE 12:53PM: The body found floating Wednesday morning at a fishing pond in Fuji Park in south Carson City has been determined to be an adult male, said Carson City Sheriff's Office Lt. Brian Humphrey. The body will undergo an autopsy to determine the cause of death, he said.
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The Carson City Sheriff’s Office is investigating a body found floating Wednesday morning at Baily Pond in Fuji Park near the Carson City Fairgrounds. The body was discovered by a fisherman after 9 a.m. and is presumed to be a male, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

A motorcycle run event, Bikes for Badges, has been scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 10, in Carson City. While the event honors Deputy Carl Howell and benefits the Howell family survivors, this run also recognizes all the Northern Nevada support that law enforcement agencies receive every day, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

A 71-year-old man died Thursday night after he was struck by a pickup earlier in the afternoon, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

UPDATE 9PM: A 71-year-old man died Thursday night after he was struck by a pickup earlier in the afternoon, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

At approximately 2:50 p.m., the Carson City Sheriff’s Office responded to the accident at 101 Hot Springs Road in North Carson City. Although the pedestrian had been reported trapped under the vehicle, by the time officers arrived, he had been removed and was conscious and speaking. The patient was treated at the scene by fire and paramedics and transported by Care Flight to Renown Medical Center. The pedestrian was walking in a marked crosswalk area but there is not an electronic signal.

At 7:49 p.m., the Carson City Sheriff’s Office was notified that the pedestrian victim of the accident had died, said Furlong. His name has not yet been released.

The 68-year-old driver of the vehicle was cited at the scene for failing to yield to a pedestrian.
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UPDATE 3:21: An adult male pedestrian was flown by Care Flight after being struck by a red pickup this afternoon in the 100 block of Hot Springs Road near North Carson Street.

Carson City residents gathered Friday in Mills Park with law officers and firefighters to remember the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

The service was held surrounding a I-beam memorial that was given to Carson City in 2010 by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Among the flowers placed on the beam was as an American flag presented to the Carson City Fire Department by Michael Manfredo. The flag was given to the Carson City man by a son of one of the 343 fighters killed at the World Trade Center that day.

A memorial service to remember the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks will be held at Mills Parks Friday beginning at 8:30 a.m. The service is at the World Trade Center Steel I Beam located at the eastern edge of Mills Park in Carson City.
The beam was given to Carson City by the Port Authority of New York to mark that fateful day. The public is invited.

Dozens of runners and walkers, including Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval, took to the streets of the capital city early Sunday for a remembrance run to recognize the victims of the Sept. 6, 2011 shooting at the IHOP in Carson City.

Four years ago Sunday, Nevada Guardsmen Lt. Col. Heath Kelly, 35, Master Sgt. Christian Riege, 38, Sgt. 1st Class Miranda McElhiney, 31, and civilian Florence Donovan-Gunderson, 67, of South Lake Tahoe, were killed in the shooting rampage, in which the mentally ill gunman took his own life. Two other soldiers and seven patrons suffered injuries.

UPDATE 6PM: Carson Street has been re-opened between Second and Robinson streets as well as side streets which were closed after a package found this afternoon near the State Capitol Building was determined to be non-explosive, according to the Nevada Highway Patrol.
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On Saturday, August 15, 2015, the Carson City Sheriff’s Office and the entirety of our public safety organizations, and community were rocked to our knees with the devastating news of the loss of Deputy Carl Howell. Yet before the sun would rise in the morning, the immediacy of our grief was met with the over-powering emotional support from the entire community. I am humbled, honored, and thankful, as I speak for the entire Sheriff’s Office staff, to live in such a wonderful caring and supportive community called home.

A Carson City teenager died Saturday after authorities were called to Sand Harbor at Lake Tahoe for an accident on the water. Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong confirmed the victim is a 15-year-old Carson High School student.

Carson City sheriff’s deputies were called to a Mayflower Way home late Thursday after a domestic disturbance call involving an intoxicated man who allegedly threw a bread maker at his girlfriend and kicked a roommate’s cat.
What made matters tense was the reporting witnesses told dispatch and officers that the man had guns in the home and they were concerned he would use them.

RENO, Nev. — Carson City Sheriff’s Office Deputy Carl Howell was remembered for his heroism and being a “true warrior” by those who knew him best as they shared their memories among thousands of mourners who gathered for a funeral service Thursday at Reno Events Center.

Howell, 35, died Saturday, August 15, 2015 in the line of duty responding to a domestic violence call at an East Carson City home. He was married to wife Rachel and is a father of four children. He was a nine year veteran of the Carson City Sheriff's Office having started serving in March 2006.

Thousands of Carson City residents lined Musser and North Carson Street this morning to pay their respects to fallen Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Carl Howell who died in the line of duty on Saturday, August 15, 2015 responding to a domestic violence call.

The procession was led by the Carson City Motor Patrol Unit, Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong and Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval. It was followed by dozens of law enforcement agencies from around the region who came to pay their respects.

A funeral procession through Carson City for fallen Sheriff’s Deputy Carl Howell will be Thursday, 9 a.m. beginning at the Carson City Sheriff’s Office on Musser Street and will move along North Carson Street on its way to services in Reno.

The procession will be led by a fire truck that will carry Howell’s casket past the Nevada State Capitol and proceed north along Carson Street. It will meet up with a larger procession of law officers that will be staged at North Carson Street and College Parkway.

UPDATE: Funeral services for Carson City Sheriff's Deputy Carl Howell, killed in the line of duty early Saturday on a domestic violence call, will be held on Thursday, Aug. 20, 11 a.m. at the Reno Events Center.

The capital city community has extended an outpouring of support for a Carson City Sheriff's Office deputy who was shot and killed early Saturday morning responding to a domestic violence call at an east Carson City home.

With officers, administrators and volunteer in police service personnel streaming out of the sheriff's administrative office during a series of briefings Saturday morning and afternoon, they've been met randomly by Carson City and surrounding area community members, bringing flowers, cards, bracelets, statuettes, along with words of respect, sorrow and to offer condolences.

UPDATE: Tonight at 8 p.m. there will be a candle light vigil at the Peace Officer Memorial site in Carson City at Nevada State Legislature. Please come out and show your support for the Carson City Sheriff's Office Deputy who gave his life, for his family....both blood and in blue, and the entire community of Carson City as we all mourn the loss of a true hero.
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A Carson City Sheriff's deputy was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning during an exchange of gunfire on Montez Drive on the northeast side of Carson City. The suspect also died, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

The following is a statement by Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong:
At 2:18 a.m., Carson City Sheriff’s Deputies responded to the report of a domestic battery involving physical injury at the 4100 block of Montez Drive in East Carson City. As officers arrived at the scene, they reported physical injury to the female. Within minutes, the male suspect came out of the house and opened fire on the officers, killing one. Additional units arrived in the area and secured the residence, evacuating three children (ages 8-13) and one adult. The suspect was located dead at the scene.

The Carson City Sheriff’s has relinquished the investigation of this incident to the Reno Police Department.

Officer and family information is not being released at this time.

UPDATED: A Carson City Sheriff's deputy was killed in a shooting early Saturday morning during an exchange of gunfire on the northeast side of Carson City. The suspect also died, said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong. Go here for the updated version to the story including a planned candlelight vigil at 8 p.m. at the Peace Officer Memorial site in Carson City on the Nevada State Legislature grounds.
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A Carson City Sheriff's deputy was critically injured during an exchange of gunfire on Mondtez Drive on the northeast side of Carson City Saturday morning at around 3 a.m.

The area has been cordoned off and the Carson City Sheriff crime lab unit, Nevada Highway Patrol and Douglas County Sheriff deputies are on the scene. More details to follow.

A reader sent this:

"I live in east Carson and was up at about 2:30AM this AM (Sat 8-15-15) and heard 10-15 shoots fired followed by multiple sirens over the next 45 minutes and also a helicopter flying north along what looked like the freeway & east on hwy 50."

This time last year Carson City experienced a downpour that turned Mills Park into swamp land and forced the last-minute cancellation of National Night Out.

As the Carson City region continues to experience similar and strange weather this summer, the skies threatened a bit but ultimately held out for the 13th annual National Night Out with an astounding community turnout. It was as if locals had put all their energy from last year's disappointment to this year's celebration.

UPDATE 1PM: Two people involved in a drug investigation that resulted in their arrests have been identified. Dennis Myers was arrested Tuesday on a Douglas County warrant. He faces charges of drug trafficking of a controlled substance and sales of a controlled substance. Arrested at a home on Northgate and Hampton streets early Wednesday morning was Jose Colunga on two unrelated warrants.

Check back for updates on this developing story.

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Two suspects have been arrested following a search warrant early Wednesday morning at a north Carson City home that drug enforcement authorities say was part of a network of methamphetamine, heroin and prescription pill sales in the area that involved gang members from Southern California.

Carson City sheriff’s deputies are looking for suspects who shot at an east Carson City home Monday night with what appears to be a BB gun. No injuries were reported. The incident happened just after 9 p.m., said Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong.

Carson City Sheriff Ken Furlong is the winner of the 2015 DEA, DARE Law Enforcement Executive of the Year, officials announced Monday.

Francisco X. Pegueros, President and CEO of DARE America and Special Agent in Charge of the DEA Los Angeles Field Division Anthony D. Williams made the announcement. The coveted award is given to a senior law enforcement officer who epitomizes an extraordinary commitment to drug prevention and enforcement.