Police Tackle Armed 20-Year-Old, Seize Loaded 9mm in Downtown Reno Crackdown
A Wednesday night gang enforcement detail in downtown Reno ended with five arrests and a loaded firearm off the street, police said.
Investigators with the Regional Gang Unit spotted a group displaying gang signs and face coverings associated with the Calle Side Hill (CSH) street gang inside a downtown parking garage on July 22. When officers pulled over a vehicle tied to the group near North Virginia and East Sixth streets, 20-year-old passenger Juan Barrios-Velazques sprinted into traffic and ran into a nearby business…