Update: Genoa shooting death deemed self-inflicted

A shooting that claimed the life of a Genoa man on Thursday afternoon has been determined to be self-inflicted.

“We are confident that the gunshot was self-inflicted and are ruling the death a suicide,” Douglas County Sheriff Dan Coverley said on Friday. “The girlfriend of the decedent was not injured, although there was an argument prior to him shooting himself.”

Douglas County Sheriff’s Office deputies and investigators responded to a report of a shooting at an address on Foothill Meadows and Jacks Valley Road around 2:10 p.m. Thursday.

The girlfriend was the only witness. After talking to her and examining the scene, investigators called for the chaplain and the mortuary and were clearing the scene by 5:30 p.m.

No other injuries were reported.

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Douglas County investigators are at the scene of a fatal shooting related to a domestic dispute that occurred in a Genoa home on Thursday afternoon.

Sheriff Dan Coverley said that the incident was isolated to the home on Foothill Meadows and Main Street north of town.

Deputies responded to a 2:10 p.m. report that a man shot himself inside the home.

Investigators and a coroner responded to the address and questioned the only witness.

Motorists down Jacks Valley Road should watch out for patrol vehicles parked along the east side.