Fort Lewis soldier shot and killed by police in Reno

Former Reno resident shot by police an Iraq War veteran
RGJ.com
Written by Emerson Marcus
July 18, 2013

The 27-year-old man killed Thursday in an officer-involved shooting in north Reno was an active-duty enlisted soldier in the U.S. Army who deployed to Iraq in 2011.

Kenneth Jewel Stafford, who was on leave from his duty station in Fort Lewis, Wash., to visit family in Reno, died Thursday after a shooting on the 2100 block of Belcrest Circle in north Reno.

The involved Reno and Sparks police officers were placed on routine administrative leave. No law enforcement officers were harmed in the shooting. The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office, the lead investigating agency, declined comment Wednesday.

Stafford, a helicopter mechanic, enlisted in the U.S. Army in 2009. He was deployed in Iraq from February to December 2011.

He was a specialist assigned to the 1st Battalion, 229th Aviation Regiment at Fort Lewis. Stafford, a 2003 graduate of Washoe High School, was on leave last week, said Lt. Col. Joe Sowers, public affairs officer for 7th Infantry Division.
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