Deputies responding to the area, did locate a number of horses that had in fact, been shot.
All of the horses appeared to have been shot multiple times before dying. Since the horses were killed on private property, the Nevada Department of Business and Industry Division of Agriculture assumed jurisdiction through it's Bureau of Livestock Identification. At the request of the Bureau of Livestock Identification, the Washoe County Sheriff's Office and the Storey County Sheriff's Office are providing investigative and forensic assistance. Investigators located and recovered various items of evidentiary value that is being processed by the Washoe County Sheriff's Office Crime Lab. A staffing is held every day to discuss the evidence that has been processed and the leads that have been investigated by each agency.