NewsCalifornia News

Actions

Man killed after he shot NDOT worker may have homicide ties

Police lights
Posted
and last updated

RENO, Nev. (AP) — A gunman who was killed in a shoot-out with law officers in northern Nevada after he shot a state transportation worker on a remote highway last week has been identified as a 34-year-old California man.

Authorities say the man, Zachary Minissale of Nevada City, may have ties to a homicide at a home he owned in his hometown.

Nevada Highway Patrol Lt. Eddie Bowers says Minissale was shot last Wednesday after fleeing the scene of the shooting of the state transportation worker on State Route 278 in Eureka County. He was pronounced dead at a hospital.

The transportation worker suffered non-life-threatening injuries.

,

Weather

Daily Forecast

View Hourly Forecast

Day

Conditions

HI / LO

Precip

Saturday

07/05/2025

Sunny

93° / 65°

0%

Sunday

07/06/2025

Sunny

98° / 69°

0%

Monday

07/07/2025

Sunny

100° / 67°

0%

Tuesday

07/08/2025

Sunny

100° / 68°

0%

Wednesday

07/09/2025

Sunny

98° / 70°

0%

Thursday

07/10/2025

Sunny

100° / 73°

0%

Friday

07/11/2025

Sunny

105° / 75°

0%

Saturday

07/12/2025

Sunny

104° / 74°

0%