The investigation into the shooting took more than 16 months. Hicks says making a ruling on an officer involved shooting is never easy. But he wants it to be transparent. He has made his 27page report on the shooting available to the public. You can find it by going to kolotv dot com and clicking on hot topics. Turning now to weather. Another cold night for us here in the truckee meadows. Chief meteorologist Jeff Thompson is here with a check of your forecast. Jeff. High pressure will build over the west coast through the weekend. As a result, the weather will be dry, with cold nights and a slow warming trend in the afternoons. The weekend will be mostly sunny, with valley highs back in the low 50s. With snow still on the ground and light wind, patchy freezing fog is possible overnight through the morning hours. Jeff tonight patchy freezing fog after 10 pm. Partly cloudy, with a low around 22. East wind around 5 mph becoming south after midnight. Friday patchy freezing fog a high near
Fourth and spokane. They told him to put his hands up. But bowman unleashed a string of profanities. And pulled a gun from his waistband. Thats when he was shot. The da says the killing was justified. Because officers were protecting their own lives. For the first time. A 27page report detailing the shooting. And why it was ruled justified. Is available to the public. Kolo 8 news nows colin lygren shows us how the das office is trying to increase the transparency of officer involved shootings. Theyre some of the most rigorously investigated scenes. Officer involved shootings. It is never an easy ruling to make because there are so many different contributing factors, i mean somebody is dead. There is always months of research. And detailed findings. That when completed. Are locked away. And never made public. Until now. I hope that with this increased transparency, there will be increased confidence in our system. Da chris hicks today. Making a positive change in Law Enforcement commun
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East carson city, just before 8 oclock last night. Deputies say the vehicle involved in the hit and run was spotted at a gas station on College Parkway, Near Research way. When officers approached the suspect vehicle, described as a ford pickup the man reportedly rammed the police suv and fled eastbound on College Parkway leading deputies on a high speed chase. The man reportedly lost control of the pickup and crashed at the carson city airport. Deputies say the man died after the pickup thrown from the vehicle. Washoe County District attorney, chris hicks, said the 2014 officer involved shooting of James Luke Bowman was justified. According to reports bowman had an outstanding warrant from the Us Marshals Office when police encountered him near the intersection of fourth and spokane 2 years ago. Hands up, but bowman unleashed a string of profanities and pulled a gun from his waistband. Thats when he was shot. The da says the killing was justified because protecting their own lives. Th
Expected with daytime temperatures well above normal by next week. Short term. Despite the continued melting of snow yesterday followed by cooling after sunset, we have not seen much fog develop a hit and run accident turned deadly in carson city last night. After police say the suspect led them on a high speed chase in a stolen truck. It happened just before 8 oclock in the area of College Parkway and airport road. The Sheriffs Office says they tracked down the truck involved in the hit and run. When they approached the driver, they say he rammed their suv then took off speeding. The suspect then lost control and crashed at the carson city airport. The driver was thrown from the truck and killed. Were told the truck was reported stolen earlier in the day. The Washoe County District Attorney has september of 2014 was justified. James luke bowman had an outstanding warrant from the us marshals office. When detectives caught up with him near the intersection of fourth and spokane. They t