Overview
- Officers responding to an active-shooter alert at about 12:30 p.m. Monday found a man with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound and a wounded child at Elko Regional Airport.
- The child was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead, bringing the death toll to two.
- Police say the case appears to be a murder-suicide and report no ongoing threat to the community.
- The airport closed to all traffic with flights canceled, including routes to and from Salt Lake City, according to the airport manager.
- By Tuesday, local officials had identified the man as 37-year-old Giovanni Perez and the boy as his 11-year-old son, and investigators were reviewing paperwork that pointed to possible mental health issues.