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A driver pulled over on a traffic stop late Monday night shot and wounded a Reno officer three times before the officer injured the man with a single shot, authorities said Tuesday.
Both men were hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, authorities said.
The gun battle occurred about 11:30 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of West Moana Lane, authorities said.
Officer Timothy Avilla, 31, a seven-year department veteran, was shot in both arms, with one bullet exiting his upper back, said Reno police Assistant Chief Jim Weston.
The Reno man accused in the gun battle, 38-year-old Koo Kwang Jung, was shot once in the upper back.
After his release from the hospital, Jung is expected to be booked on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer and obstructing or resisting an officer with a deadly weapon, Chief Jerry Hoover said at a news conference. Bail on the two felony charges combined would be $100,000.
Reno officers were guarding Jung on Tuesday at Washoe Medical Center.
“He’s essentially under arrest,†Hoover said.
Jung, who police said has no previous criminal history, worked at a Sherwin-Williams warehouse in Stead. A receptionist at the business said the company had no comment.
Jung has lived in the Reno area since the late 1980s. Police couldn’t determine which of three addresses he listed was current.
Avilla, assigned to the department’s DUI unit, pulled over the Dodge pickup without telling dispatchers he was making the stop, Weston said. Avilla was alone on patrol.
The officer asked the driver to get out of the truck after spotting ammunition inside, Weston said. The driver said he didn’t have any weapons on him, according to Weston. But in a pat-down search, the officer found a semi-automatic pistol in the man’s waistband.
Ten to 20 rounds were exchanged in the shootout.
“The suspect shot the officer first -- three times,†Weston said.
As the driver ran, the officer fired, hitting him once in the back, Weston said.
Avilla called for help after the shooting. Backup officers arrived to find Avilla still standing and able to tell them what happened.
The suspect was found a short distance away in bushes and was taken into custody.
Investigators on Tuesday were sorting through casings left behind from the officer’s .40-caliber Glock and the driver’s semi-automatic pistol.
Reno police will review the officer’s actions in the incident, and he’ll undergo a psychological evaluation before returning to work, Weston said.
Sparks police are monitoring Reno’s investigation, and will submit their own report on the shooting to prosecutors for review.
A driver pulled over on a traffic stop late Monday night shot and wounded a Reno officer three times before the officer injured the man with a single shot, authorities said Tuesday.
Both men were hospitalized in stable condition Tuesday with injuries that do not appear to be life-threatening, authorities said.
The gun battle occurred about 11:30 p.m. Monday in the 200 block of West Moana Lane, authorities said.
Officer Timothy Avilla, 31, a seven-year department veteran, was shot in both arms, with one bullet exiting his upper back, said Reno police Assistant Chief Jim Weston.
The Reno man accused in the gun battle, 38-year-old Koo Kwang Jung, was shot once in the upper back.
After his release from the hospital, Jung is expected to be booked on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer and obstructing or resisting an officer with a deadly weapon, Chief Jerry Hoover said at a news conference. Bail on the two felony charges combined would be $100,000.
Reno officers were guarding Jung on Tuesday at Washoe Medical Center.
“He’s essentially under arrest,†Hoover said.
Jung, who police said has no previous criminal history, worked at a Sherwin-Williams warehouse in Stead. A receptionist at the business said the company had no comment.
Jung has lived in the Reno area since the late 1980s. Police couldn’t determine which of three addresses he listed was current.
Avilla, assigned to the department’s DUI unit, pulled over the Dodge pickup without telling dispatchers he was making the stop, Weston said. Avilla was alone on patrol.
The officer asked the driver to get out of the truck after spotting ammunition inside, Weston said. The driver said he didn’t have any weapons on him, according to Weston. But in a pat-down search, the officer found a semi-automatic pistol in the man’s waistband.
Ten to 20 rounds were exchanged in the shootout.
“The suspect shot the officer first -- three times,†Weston said.
As the driver ran, the officer fired, hitting him once in the back, Weston said.
Avilla called for help after the shooting. Backup officers arrived to find Avilla still standing and able to tell them what happened.
The suspect was found a short distance away in bushes and was taken into custody.
Investigators on Tuesday were sorting through casings left behind from the officer’s .40-caliber Glock and the driver’s semi-automatic pistol.
Reno police will review the officer’s actions in the incident, and he’ll undergo a psychological evaluation before returning to work, Weston said.
Sparks police are monitoring Reno’s investigation, and will submit their own report on the shooting to prosecutors for review.
No kidding 
, I think Officer Avila should be remanded to take some basic firearms training---Thunder Ranch or Gunsite, of course. 
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