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A woman in her 20s is being sought by police after brandishing at handgun at tellers and making off with cash from the Nevada State Bank, 4267 S. Carson Street, about 9:12 a.m. The woman is desc...

We have received a report of a bank robbery this morning at the South Carson Street branch of Nevada State Bank. Authorities are looking for a white female subject, late 20s, long brown hair, wearing a dark hoodie, blue jeans and a camo-pattern hat. She was last seen on crossing Snyder Ave. on foot after the robbery. There is also a report that the subject may have left a light blue truck behind after the robbery. We will have more details as they become available.

Beginning Tuesday, October 11, and continuing through Thursday, October 13, Saliman Road will be closed in the southbound direction between Fairview Drive and Colorado Street. One lane of traffic will remain open in the northbound direction.

A Carson City Sheriff's deputy driving down North Carson Street Thursday afternoon spotted a driver texting while driving, a violation of the new law that went into effect Oct. 1.

According to the arrest report, the driver, Gilberto Paredes-Estrada, 27, of Carson City, was found to have a misdemeanor warrant for his arrest. He also allegedly gave the deputy a false ID, a felony. He was arrested and put on Immigration Customs Enforcement hold.

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By The Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau
It only takes four days to celebrate statehood in Nevada. The Silver State knows how to party! The annual Carson City Nevada Day events will observe the 147th year since joining the union, with the theme, “Nevada's Great Outdoors,” Oct. 27-30, 2011.

A four-day celebration of the Silver State's admission to the Union in 1864 will be celebrated the last weekend in October in Nevada's state capitol of Carson City.

The following persons were arrested by the Carson City Sheriff's Office this weekend:

KARSON KRUZERS END OF SUMMER STREET DANCE
 
It’s September and fall weather is coming – hard to believe after the beautiful weather this week but the cold IS coming and soon it will be too cold for outdoor evening events!
 
Take advantage of the end of summer and come out for the KARSON KRUZERS STREET DANCE this Saturday, 24th!  In the Nugget parking lot located at the corner of Robinson and Carson Street from 6p – 10p.
 

Two repeat drunk driving offenders were arrested this weekend in separate incidents in Carson City.

ROMAN RUINS Mystery Theatre Dinner
813 N. Carson Street, Carson City, NV
October 1, 2011 - 5pm

You are invited to dine with the famous Roman poet, Flabbius Corpus. Join your fellow guests in solving the theft of the priceless statue and the murder in the garden.

Cash Bar
Togas Optional (period dress welcome)

Tickets: $35.00 each
Available at the Children's Museum or call 884-2226.

cmnn.org - 884-2226 - 813 N. Carson St., CC, NV

Another "Who-Dunnit" Fundraiser for...
Your Children's Museum of Northern Nevada

The Carson City Board of Supervisors is seeking applications from persons interested in serving approximately ten to sixteen hours per month on the Carson City Airport Authority. The Airport Authority is a 7 member board that oversees all matters pertaining to the Carson City airport.

There is a position open for a four year term that will expire 10/2015. The Board of Supervisors will interview and appoint qualified persons to the board. There is one opening:

Pilot: Must own and operate an aircraft based at the Carson City airport

Attached below are unedited recordings of 911 calls made during the shooting incident at IHOP on South Carson Street yesterday. Warning: strong language

A candlelight vigil was held for the victims of the shooting this morning at the IHOP restaurant on South Carson Street. The unofficial vigil was held from around 8:30 p.m. to around 9:15 p.m. at the fallen soldier's memorial at the State Capitol grounds, with a couple of hundred people in attendance.

5:30 p.m. Update: Press conference concludes with a few more details. Officials state that shooter Eduardo Sencion had two other weapons at his vehicle, another rifle and a handgun. Neither were used in the incident. The FBI stated that there doesn't appear to be any connection to terrorism.

Sencion was born in Mexico, and had a U.S. passport.

Three victims were killed inside the restaurant, two male National Guard members, and a civilian woman. Two female and one male National Guard members were wounded. Ten of the victims were shot inside the restaurant, while one woman standing outside next to a motorcycle was shot and wounded.

Sheriff Kenny Furlong said they are still working to determine the shooter's motive, saying it is too early to tell if the National Guard members were intentionally targeted.

More stories:

Details on the shooting incident.

South Tahoe Police aware of shooter's mental health issues.

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3:30 p.m. Update: Carson City Sheriff Kenny Furlong released the name of the person suspected of shooting 11 people at the IHOP restaurant on South Carson Street this morning.

The person's name is Eduardo Sencion, 32, of Carson City. He allegedly shot himself after shooting 11 people, and died about two hours later.

Furlong said he works at his family's business in South Lake Tahoe, and that he might have had some "mental issues."

Three of the 11 victims have died, including two uniformed National Guard members. Three of the wounded were also National Guardsmen.

The other victim who died was a civilian female, according to Furlong.

The investigation into why Sencion carried out the shooting is still underway.

More stories about today's shooting

If you have any information about this incident, or would like to share your story, photos or video, please go here.

Update 3:00 p.m.: There are now four people reported dead from the shooting this morning. Two victims were uniformed National Guardsmen. One of the dead is the shooter, who killed himself. The other deceased victim was a civilian female. Eight more persons were wounded, including three more National Guardsmen.

Shooter's name is Eduardo Sencion, of Carson City.

2 p.m. update
Four people are dead, including the gunman who shot himself and died later at the hospital. Two of the dead where a man and women in the National Guard, who were in uniform.

There is a press conference scheduled for 3 p.m.

A few minutes before 9 a.m., a lone gunman armed with automatic AK-47-type assault rifle drives up to the IHOP on South Carson Street, and begins shooting in the parking lot. Locals BBQ owner Ralph Swagler said he saw the man drive up, and then empty a clip of ammo outside the IHOP, then reloads and goes inside, where he fires more shots very rapidly and exits within a few seconds.

Swagler said the gunman then saw his son locking the door of their business and opened fire at them. He also allegedly fired shots at the H&R Block office next door. Sometime after, the gunman shot himself, and died later at the hospital.

Witnesses recount events

More photos of the scene

12:10 p.m. update: The Associated Press is reporting that the Carson City Sheriff's Office has confirmed that the shooter in the Carson City IHOP incident has died of his self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Six people were jailed early Friday morning after an attack on a waitress and two men at a North Carson Street restaurant.Kendall Rubio, 19, of Reno, was arrested at 1:10 a.m. in the parking lot of...

A Carson City man was arrested early Wednesday morning for felony parole violation after Carson City Sheriff Deputies found him hiding in the closet of his underage girlfriend.

According to the arrest report, Nathaniel Andrew Bailey, 20, was arrested just after midnight in the 3400 block of South Carson Street after the owners of the residence reported to the sheriff's office that the subject was possibly residing in the girl's bedroom.

A Carson City teen was injured Thursday afternoon in a two-vehicle accident on South Carson Street.According to Trooper Todd Hartline, an 18-year-old woman in a Suzuki Vitara pulled out from Rho...

Update: An 18-year-old Carson City woman was injured yesterday in a crash on South Carson Street.

A Carson Now reader, who goes by the name of "Reedsbud", sent us the following video from the scene.

On Tuesday evening August 16th, Mayor Crowell and Supervisor Shelly Aldean assisted Artisan Cafe owner Danny Works as he cuts the ribbon for his new restaurant in the old City Cafe building located at 701 S. Carson Street. Holding the ribbon are his parents.

With more than twice the floor space and a new, higher-profile location on Carson Street, the Home Treasures gift shop already is seeing a tremendous increase in business, according to its owner...

A Carson City man was found guilty Friday of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in a September 2010 wrong-way fatal accident on South Carson Street. Kevin Ward Massey Jr., 19, was given a suspended...

A Wellington, Nevada man was arrested last night after striking a police dog while Carson City Sheriff's deputies were trying to take him into custody for disorderly conduct.

Deputies responded to the 3300 block of Imperial Way at 11:20 p.m. after a report of a man walking around with a bottle of alcohol and knocking on doors.

Saliman Road remains closed at Robinson Street due to construction of a water transmission line. Detours are marked. The road is expected to remained closed until August 21.

A project to complete a new north-south water transmission line on the east side of Carson City will result in one lane traffic with flagger controls from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on weekdays for the following roads:

• Damon Road between Tucker Court and South Edmonds Drive
• South Lompa Lane south of Edmonds Drive
• Conte Drive from Valley View Drive to Snyder Avenue

A free street party kicks off the annual Silver Dollar Car Classic from 7-11 p.m. tonight at Arlington Square, across Carson Street from the Carson Nugget.The classic comes back to Carson City on F...

An unemployed Carson City woman was arrested Wednesday afternoon after she was allegedly caught walking out of a store with two digital cameras in her purse, and and DVD player hidden in her clothing.

According to the arrest report, Shannon Gatlin, 28, was stopped by a store security officer in the 700 block of Old Clear Creek Road after he spotted the suspect removing the items from their packaging and hiding them, and trying to walk outside without paying for them. Gatlin allegedly admitted to several other thefts at the store over the last few weeks.

Saliman Road remains closed at Robinson Street due to construction of a water transmission line. Detours are marked. The road is expected to remained closed until August 21.

One lane will be closed in each direction on the Carson City Freeway between the US 50 and Fairview Drive interchanges due to maintenance.

Work will continue on a NDOT project to mill and overlay a section of US 395 from the junction with US 50 (Spooner) in Carson City to south of Waterloo Lane in Gardnerville. There will be nightly lane closures occurring from 8:00 p.m. through 6:00 a.m.

Carson City Sheriff deputies arrested Terry David Vickers, 45, Thursday evening after a woman reported that he had beat and strangled her into unconsciousness, and assaulted her with a screwdriver.

According to the arrest report, the victim told deputies that Vickers began the assault Wednesday night when he slapped her at a restaurant on North Carson Street. She said after leaving the restaurant she made contact with some friends and left with them, not returning to the motel room she shared with Vickers until Thursday morning.

Two Carson City women each face felony burglary charges after allegedly being inside a Les Schwab Tire store after it had closed and then were witnessed running from the business and jumping a fence.
Nancie Marie Turner, 31, and Lori Lynn Stephens, 40, are each being held on $50,000 bail and face charges of burglary and intent to burglarize.

By the Carson City Convention and Visitors Bureau
Aberrations await and spirits linger during a two-hour walking tour July 23, Aug. 20 and Sept. 24 through the historic district of Carson City.
History and storytelling are the orders of the day on this tour through Victorian-style homes and neighborhoods, where reality and legend come together, leaving ghost walkers to wonder what is truth and what is fiction.