Yerington man killed in Sunridge shooting

A 77-year-old Yerington man was shot and killed by deputies Saturday night after he reportedly sped out the garage of a Sunridge address and struck a deputy.

The victim reported Jimmy Alan Moss was drunk and threatening to “kill the police,” Douglas County Sheriff’s spokeswoman Sgt. Bernadette Smith said on Monday.

“Deputies attempted to have the suspect exit the residence,” Smith said. “The suspect exited the garage in a vehicle at a high rate of speed and struck a deputy.”

Moss was shot and pronounced dead at the scene.

“One deputy was injured and transported to Carson Valley Medical Center,” Smith said.

He was released from the hospital and is undergoing treatment for multiple injuries.

The victim sustained injuries in the battery that occurred at around 9:30 p.m.

One sergeant and three deputy sheriffs have been placed on administrative leave, in accordance with department policy.

Carson City Sheriff’s Office and Nevada Division of Investigation are working on the case.

Investigators were at the scene on Shadow Lane on Sunday morning gathering evidence in the shooting.

It has been nearly three years since the last officer-involved shooting claimed the life of a Gardnerville Ranchos man.

The shooting of Monument Peak resident Mark Perkins, 48, happened on July 30, 2015.

Perkins was wanted for drawing a handgun on a woman. Members of the Douglas County Special Weapons and Tactics Team went to the home to serve an arrest warrant. Perkins allegedly came out of the house and drew two handguns on officers.

Two weeks later, Carson City Deputy Carl Howell was killed responding to an Aug. 18 domestic violence call. Douglas County authorities aided in the investigation into that shooting.

A second officer-involved shooting occurred Oct. 13, 2015, when deputies returned fire after a Gardnerville Ranchos woman was killed by her son. Jarek Kozlowski was shot in the hand and the leg. He died three days later of unrelated respiratory failure.