Woman Dead, Shooter Airlifted To Trauma Center

"SILVER SPRINGS, NV — Lyon County police are on the scene of an apparent murder and attempted suicide in Silver Springs.

"According to a press release, officers were called out to a home at 3466 Deodar Street just before 1 p.m. by a man who claimed he'd just killed his girlfriend and he was going to kill himself.

"The man also said there was a child in the home and `tell the cop to come on in,` the release states.

"When deputies entered the home they found a woman in her early 30s dead of a gunshot wound to the head in the living room. A man, identified as Leland Scott Lawson, 33, was also found in the living room with a gunshot wound to the head.

"Lawson was still alive and taken from the scene by a helicopter to the Reno trauma center. The extent of his injuries was not immediately available. The woman's name was not released.

"According to Lyon County Sheriff's Sgt. Ryan Powell, the couple's 18-month-old son was found unharmed in a bedroom."

From the Nevada Appeal...