A Lockwood woman died today from injuries she sustained at the hands of a man witnesses say was angry she refused to give him a cigarette, according to Storey County police.
Assistant Sheriff Gerald Antinoro said in a press release Monday that Eileen Pruitt, 47, died following emergency surgery at Renown Regional Medical Center.
According to dispatch logs, police were called out to an address on Avenue De La Bleu De Clare in Lockwood about 8:44 p.m. Sunday
There they found Pruitt unconscious, following a 'brutal beating," by Ryan Bonnett, 22, said Antinoro.
Bonnett was arrested at the scene on suspicion of aggravated battery. After Pruitt's death he was booked on a charge of homicide, said Antinoro.
More information will be posted as it becomes available.