Police shooting just south of Tonopah leaves 1 dead

A constabulary shooting conscionable southbound of Tonopah has near 1 idiosyncratic dead, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said.

The shooting happened connected U.S. Highway 95 astatine mile marker 37, the Sheriff’s Office said successful a connection posted to Twitter astir 7:40 a.m. Saturday A Nye County lawman and an Esmeralda County Sheriff’s Office lawman were some progressive successful the shooting.

The idiosyncratic changeable by constabulary has died, the Nye County Sheriff’s Office said. Neither lawman was injured.

Traffic connected the road successful the country has been reduced to 1 lane. Department of Public Safety officials were continuing to analyse the country connected Saturday morning.

Further accusation was not instantly available.

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