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Reno Police Release Bodycam Footage of Deadly Grand Sierra Resort Shooting

Footage of the July 28 attack shows officers engaging the suspect with their patrol vehicle sustaining multiple gunshot hits

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Overview

  • Reno Police Department released body-worn camera video on August 14 documenting the July 28 shooting at the Grand Sierra Resort parking area.
  • The footage shows officers arriving about two-and-a-half minutes after 911 calls, exchanging fire with 26-year-old Dakota Hawver and the patrol vehicle taking four bullet strikes.
  • Hawver fired roughly 80 rounds from a legally purchased 9mm handgun, killing three bystanders and wounding three others before he was shot, hospitalized and later died.
  • Victims killed include Southern California visitors Justin Aguila and Andrew Canepa and Reno resident Angel Martinez, while survivors Matt Sitler and Dylan McLean remain hospitalized and recovering.
  • Sparks Police Department leads a multijurisdictional investigation with Reno PD and Washoe County agencies seeking a motive and reconstructing events as involved officers remain on administrative leave.