Officer-involved shooting at Sparks shopping center leaves 1 dead, 2 officers hurt

A man is dead and two Sparks police officers are hospitalized following an officer-involved shooting at a busy Sparks shopping center Thursday afternoon.

According to the Sparks Police Department, officers received a call around noon on March 12 about a man who reportedly said he was going to “shoot up” a nearby business.

Officers responded to the shopping center near E. Prater Way and N. McCarran Boulevard, in front of Ross and Dollar Tree, along with the SWAT team. At some point after officers arrived, a shooting happened…

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