Three in crowd injured when truck plows through gathering of Columbus Day protesters on Virginia Street in Reno, Nevada
Truck plows through Native American crowd during Columbus Day protest
Detectives are reviewing witness accounts and "horrifying" cellphone video while they consider filing a criminal complaint after a pickup truck plowed into a crowd of people during a Native American rights demonstration in downtown Reno, the police chief said Tuesday.
The 18-year-old male driver and a 17-year-old passenger have been questioned but no arrests have been made in Monday evening's incident on the street beneath the arch with the city's famous slogan, "The Biggest Little City in the World."
Native American rights group reacts after truck plows into crowd in Reno — VIDEO
Detectives are reviewing witness accounts and “horrifying” cellphone video while they consider filing a criminal complaint after a pickup truck plowed into a crowd of people during a Native American rights demonstration Monday in downtown Reno, the police chief said.
And Mike Graham, founder of the Oklahoma-based United Native American Association, said Tuesday he doesn’t understand why the driver, an 18-year-old male, hasn’t been arrested.
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