Tyler Bautista Hernandez, 24, of Reno is now booked into the Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Detention Facility.
Hernandez was charged on December 1, 2021, for one felony count of being a felon in possession of a firearm, specific to his actions in a Lemmon Valley commercial parking lot on November 27, 2021. Preliminary investigative findings have identified Bautista Hernandez as a person of interest in that shooting between multiple subjects and place a handgun in his hand during the events which unfolded in the parking lot.
Preliminary investigative findings also identify Bautista Hernandez as the driver of a vehicle which fled the scene of the shooting and subsequently crashed head-on into an uninvolved party’s SUV. Bautista Hernandez and his passenger were both ejected from the vehicle.
Tyler Bautista Hernandez was convicted of felonious involuntary manslaughter related to a fatal shooting which occurred in Galena in June of 2018.
This is an ongoing investigation. Additional charges are expected. Updates will be provided as they become available.
