🌱 What does new body-cam video reveal about the I-80 police shooting?

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• New body-camera footage released in deadly Reno police shooting on I-80 (2news.com) — Sparks residents are learning more about a fatal Reno police shooting on I-80 that killed 22-year-old Anthony Porter of Sparks, as new body-camera footage is released. Sparks Police are leading the regional investigation, with the medical examiner ruling the death a homicide caused by multiple gunshot wounds.
   

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