RENO, Nev. (KOLO) – A new report from the Washoe District Attorney said an officer-involved shooting in January 2023 was justified and legal under Nevada law.

The DA’s office said Friday that the report was being delayed until the ongoing prosecution of one of the suspects, Jeremiah Graham, could be completed.

At approximately 6:00 p.m., on January 8, 2023, officers from the Reno Police Department were called to 1570 Sky Valley Drive in reference to suspicious circumstances. The caller said her nephew lives in Building D at that address and told dispatchers someone tried to open her apartment door before a gunshot could be heard.

When officers arrived, they could hear a woman screaming near Building D. Officers then found a woman, identified as Anna Doyle, whose face was bloody, bruised and appeared to be swollen. Doyle told police she lived in one of the nearby apartments with her boyfriend, Scott Kennedy, Graham, who she said was Kennedy’s brother, and Graham’s girlfriend, Salina Cruz.

Doyle told police she got into an argument with Graham and Cruz and was pushed out of the apartment and not allowed back in. Doyle asked the police to help her into her apartment so she could pack up and leave.

The police then tried to contact the residents of the apartment. Cruz eventually answered the door and gave the officer a note saying she was sorry it took so long to answer the door, but that she was sick and asleep. Cruz denied knowing what happened to Doyle, but gave police permission to go in with Doyle to pick up his belongings.

Police requested to conduct a security sweep of all rooms in the apartment. Cruz denied officers access to her room, but allowed them to sweep the rest of the rooms.

Doyle and Cruz were asked if there were any weapons in the apartment, to which they said no.

Cruz went back to her room and closed and locked the door and did not come out while officers were on the scene to assist Doyle.

Doyle told police he shared a room with Kennedy and needed to get clothes from that room. As the officers escorted Doyle to her bedroom, they walked through the living room and saw an empty gun holster propped up on top of a fish tank. Additionally, while in her bedroom, officers observed an AR rifle hanging from a sling on the bedroom wall, a shotgun on a wall, and several Glock handgun casings in the room.

Once Doyle picked up her belongings, she and the officer left the apartment and went to the parking lot to be processed by REMSA. While REMSA was tending to Doyle, an adult black woman approached the officers, asking if they were there because of the shooting that had occurred earlier in the day. She also gave police a general location in the parking lot where she believed the incident occurred. Police inspected the area and found .40 caliber bullet casings and red stains consistent with the presence of blood.

As police discussed the various incidents, Doyle separated from REMSA and refused to complete a witness statement. She told officers she had changed her mind and didn’t feel safe anymore. She also told officers that while she was being treated by REMSA, she received a call from her mother saying she had to leave the area because Graham was threatening to harm Doyle if she filed a complaint .

She was prompted to complete the statement but instead left the area. After Doyle left the area, police turned their attention to the alleged shooting in the parking lot.

While officers on scene were discussing the incident, another officer arrived on scene and explained that another call for service had come into RPD. The caller told police he was the shooting victim in the parking lot and was waiting to be interviewed at Wrightway Market.

As police responded to the square, another officer remained at the Sky Valley Drive address to maintain the crime scene and monitor activity coming from the apartment. Police became concerned because of the large number of weapons found in the apartment and suspected the two calls might be connected. They then devised a plan to deal with the apartment’s occupants if they left. During the surveillance of the apartment, the police observed movement in the bedroom where several weapons were located.

An officer then saw two men, later identified as Kennedy and Graham, walk by Building D and enter the apartment. Once inside, police saw movement in the bedroom shared by Doyle and Kennedy, where several weapons were located. Kennedy and Graham then left the apartment.

Police then attempted to approach the two men on foot.

Around 7:33 p.m., an RPD officer reported two men carrying guns running from the apartment. The officer gave a verbal command to stop before shots were fired in his direction, prompting the officer to return fire.

After hearing the gunfire, another officer got out of the car with his AR-15 rifle and quickly moved toward the area from where he heard the shots. One of the officers radioed that he had been shot.

The four then engaged in a shootout, and one of the officers was shot multiple times.

Two other armed civilians, who were in the compound’s laundry room, then arrived to provide cover for both officers until backup could arrive.

Responding RPD officers arrived to find Kennedy dead, lying on his stomach with an AR rifle still in his hands, held above his head. Police also found a Glock 22 in his waistband and three unopened boxes of ammunition nearby.

Graham was found, still alive, and was found to have suffered a gunshot wound to the leg. Next to him was a black backpack containing a gun and an AR pistol wrapped in a shirt was found in a nearby bush. Graham was handcuffed and taken to Renown for treatment.

The officer who was shot multiple times was taken to Renown, where he was hospitalized and underwent surgery for multiple gunshot wounds.

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office then led the investigation into the shooting.

Graham was charged and pleaded guilty to two counts of being a felon in possession of a weapon. He was sentenced on August 14, 2023 to 144 months in prison with parole eligibility after 56 months.

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