Topaz Ranch Shooting Update: Both Alive, No Threat

The Douglas County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the shooting of a man and a woman Monday evening. Deputies were called to Slate Road in Topaz Ranch Estates a little before 7 pm, where they found 50-year-old Michael Dixon with a life threatening gunshot wound. He was taken by air ambulance to Renown Medical Center in Reno.  Deputies also found 60-year-old Cathy Clark with a serious gunshot wound. She was also taken to Renown. Detectives say the two lived together, but they have not determined what their relationship was. They say there is no public safety threat and no one has been arrested.

Deputies initially reported that Dixon was deceased, but have since clarified Dixon’s status.

Deputies say the duo were residents of the home, but their relationship remains unclear at this time. They say it’s also unknown who the shooter was in the incident.

The investigation remains ongoing.