Reno Cop Watch Releases Chilling Police Scanner Feed of Man Killed On Wells Ave. Bridge

“We’re just trying to keep our distance. He’s pretty paranoid those people are following him. So, he wouldn’t walk unless we kept a little distance,” a female officer is heard saying on a chilling Reno PD scanner feed released by Reno Cop Watch this weekend, concerning the police killing of a man on the Wells Avenue bridge around 4:15 p.m. on February 3rd.

“We do have medical en route … and did you guys want them near the bridge?” another woman is heard saying.

And then shortly after, a man can be heard saying “clear the area, shots fired... get REMSA to Kuenzli and Wells …” before a woman’s voice repeats “shots fired.”

We have written the coroner’s office asking for the identification of the man killed but have yet to receive a response.

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office said it was leading the investigation, with assistance from the Sparks Police Department. “The suspect was pronounced deceased at the scene. Their name will be withheld pending next of kin notification,” their statement indicated.

Shortly after we sent an email to the coroner’s office this morning, it’s being reported the man shot and killed by Reno Police on the Wells Avenue Bridge on the afternoon of February 3rd was 27-year-old Michael J. Johnson, with the manner of death classified as “homicide,” after he was shot several times.

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