Carson City District Attorney Jason Woodbury has announced a sheriff’s deputy acted in self-defense in the 2015 shooting of a domestic violence suspect. Deputy Carl Howell and Jonathon Pope were both killed when they exchanged gunfire at Pope’s home in August of 2015. The Reno Police Department, assisted by the Nevada Division of Investigation, investigated the incident for more than a year. According to Woodbury’s report, Pope became violent with his live-in girlfriend after they returned home from a night of drinking. Two neighbors called the Carson City Sheriff’s Office after hearing the fight, and Howell was the first deputy to arrive.