Two Dead in Silver Springs After Domestic Dispute Ends in Gunfire

The trouble started before the call came in. It always does.

At 5:00 p.m. on Monday, February 10, deputies from the Lyon County Sheriff’s Office arrived at a house on Spring Circle. Someone had called in a domestic violence report.

Inside, two people had locked themselves in a bedroom. The door closed, and the world shut out.

Minutes passed. Then came the shots.

The deputies forced their way in. One was already gone, dead on the bedroom floor.

The other still had a pulse. A Careflight helicopter carried them to Renown Regional Medical Center in Reno.

By nightfall, they were dead, too. Now, the investigation begins.

The sheriff’s office says there’s no danger to the public. But that doesn’t matter much to the dead.