Lyon County court sentences Dayton man to prison in 2017 fatal shooting
A 50-year-old Dayton man was sentenced to 20 years in prison for manslaughter with a deadly weapon after a guilty plea in May following a shooting incident in which a 39-year-old Dayton man died, Lyon County District Attorney Stephen B. Rye said Thursday.
The Third Judicial District Court sentenced Roger Scheurn, 50, to the maximum possible sentence of 20 years in prison with parole after eight years for manslaughter with a deadly weapon, and a concurrent term of 15 years with parole eligibility after 4 years for battery with a deadly weapon.
Scheurn pled guilty to both charges on May 17, 2018.
Scheurn shot David A. Holt, 39, of Dayton during the course of an argument in Scheurn’s residence on April 10, 2017. Scheurn fired several shots, hitting Holt twice.
Holt died from the gunshot wounds on the way to the hospital. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office Detective Division led the investigation in this case with assistance from the Nevada Division of Investigations and Washoe County FIS.