Fernley men sentenced in spring drive-by shooting


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Two men have been sentenced in connection with a May drive-by shooting on Brierwood Drive in Fernley.

Christopher Trueman, 21, and Chase Hare-Bullock, 22, both pleaded guilty to charges of discharging a firearm into an occupied building, a Category B felony.

Both were sentenced to 2-6 years in prison but the judge suspended the sentences and granted the men probation for a period of five years.

The incident occurred after the two men were involved in some sort of incident with the occupants of the home earlier in the evening of May 12. No one was hurt in the shooting.

Hare-Bullock was driving the vehicle and Trueman fired eight shots into the house.

Hare-Bullock was charged July 18, after pleading guilty to felony discharging a firearm into a structure. Trueman was charged Aug. 22 after pleading guilty to felony discharging a firearm from a vehicle and felony prohibited person in possession of a firearm.

Brian Haslem and Damian Sinnott prosecuted the cases for the Lyon County District Attorney.

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