Carson City DA finds detective justified in fatal shooting during domestic violence call

CARSON CITY, Nev. — The Carson City District Attorney decided that Detective Jonathon Vasquez was legally justified when he fatally shot Juan Herrera Mejorado during a domestic violence response on Aug. 28, 2024.

The full report and legal analysis was released Tuesday. The full report can be found here.

According to the report, deputies were called to a mobile home at Seven Star Mobile Home Park around 11 p.m. on Aug. 28, 2024, after a younger boy called 911 to report that his father had stabbed his mother multiple times and then cut his own throat…

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