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Man kills himself in Hwy. 50 parking lot

(Staff reports) A Carson City man died after shooting himself in an East Carson City parking lot early Monday morning.

According to police records, the shooting happened about 8:31 a.m. Monday in the 3300 block of Highway 50 East in an alley between Longs Drugs and El Aguila Real Mexican restaurant. He was taken by helicopter from the scene, but died en route to Washoe Medical Center.

Lt. Bob White said the 53-year-old man rode his bicycle to the location and shot himself in front of his estranged wife.

Decomposed unidentified body found in Minden

MINDEN - A body found by a hiker off Johnson Lane on Sunday has yet to be identified, the sheriff said Monday.

Sheriff Ron Pierini said a person "walking in the desert" came across the badly-decomposed-but-intact body about 2 p.m. and called police by cell phone.

Pierini said there was no identification or personal effects found with the body, and it did not appear that animals had disturbed the remains. The remains were found at the southeast end of Johnson Lane in the Pinenut Mountain range.

Pierini declined to say whether the remains were those of a man or woman, saying only, "It's been really warm, and the body is not in very good shape.

"I'm not trying to be vague, but there nothing to report right now," he said.

Investigators are reviewing missing-persons cases in Douglas County and the surrounding counties.

Pierini said he hopes to have an identity by the end of the week.