Emotions ran high during the Reno Police Department’s first town hall of the year, on Thursday, Feb. 12, at North Valleys High School. The main concerns community members expressed involved the officer-involved shooting death of Michael J. Johnson on Feb. 3.
In the audience was Deanna Hover, who identified herself as one of the first callers who prompted RPD to conduct a welfare check on Johnson. Hover had seen Johnson at the top of the Wells Avenue Bridge and was concerned for his safety.
“It’s incredibly difficult to see him, and then come back an hour later to see his body on the ground,” Hover said through tears…