Yerington man arrested Tuesday in 2022 Lyon County homicide
After a nine month investigation an arrest was made Tuesday in the August 2022 killing of a Yerington man, the Lyon County Sheriff's Office reports.
The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Investigations Division, presented its investigation case to Lyon County District Attorney Steve Rye, who subsequently filed a criminal complaint against Yerington resident Donald Lavern Webb, 61.
According to the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, deputies responded August 8 of last year to a residence in Yerington for a shooting. Upon arrival, deputies located Yerington resident Joshua Davis, 29, who had been shot multiple times.
Davis was pronounced deceased at the scene. The Lyon County Sheriff’s Office, Investigations Division, with the assistance of the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, Forensic Investigative Service, responded and began an investigation into the shooting death.
On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 an arrest warrant was issued for Webb. Members of the Investigations Division arrested Webb at his residence. Webb was booked into the Lyon County Jail on one count of open murder and is currently being held without bail.