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Reno police released body cam footage of a fatal shooting on I-80 involving 22-year-old Anthony Porter, who was killed after officers encountered him with a handgun near the Mogul and Boomtown exits. The officer approached a flipped car and demanded Porter drop the weapon, but he refused for two minutes as he moved toward a pull-off with other cars nearby. Though Porter allegedly told officers to shoot him — not captured on initial footage — a female officer tried to de-escalate for three minutes, urging him to surrender. At 11:48 PM, multiple shots were fired as Porter bent over; it’s unclear who pulled the trigger first. Porter died at the scene, and the Sparks Police Department is investigating while Reno’s internal affairs conduct a separate review. The chief acknowledged the officers’ compassion amid what appeared to be a mental health crisis, but emphasized their duty to act under immediate threat.

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