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NV - Man in Reno suicide was convicted sex offender

View the article here 02/10/2009 A man who shot himself during a police stand-off on a Reno freeway was wanted for being a convicted sex offender and not registering his address, authorities said. Records also show _____, 32, previously threatened to shoot himself during disputes and had restraining orders against him filed by girlfriends. Washoe County's medical examiner on Monday determined _____ died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the chest. _____ was pulled over around midnight Friday on Interstate 80 by a Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant for driving a Jaguar more than 90 mph, Reno Police Lt. McDonald said. He crashed the car into a concrete wall and got out pointing a gun to his head, McDonald said. He fired one shot into the air, then barricaded himself in his car while officers tried to get him to surrender...continue to full post

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