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Authorities: Self-inflicted gunshot claims life of Carson deputy's father
By Dave Morgan
A Carson City man, reportedly the father of a Carson City Sheriff's deputy, has died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest.
Deputies and a SWAT team were called to Apartment 68 at 4733 South Carson Street, the Mountain View Apartments, after reports received that a man was barricaded in his apartment and a suspicious man reported in the area. The incident was reported at around 7 p.m.
After waiting, autthorities made entry into the house and a man in his early 50s was found inside with a gunshot wound. CareFlight was called to the scene but was told that the victim had died, authorities said.
The Nevada Division of Investigation has been summoned to the scene because the gunshot victim is the father of a Carson City Sheriff's deputy. The name of the man has not been released.