Sparks Police say autopsies performed Wednesday on both Debby and Mark Constantino show that the couple died from fatal gunshot wounds, after a series of crimes that occurred earlier this week in Reno and Sparks.
Sparks Police say autopsies performed Wednesday on both Debby and Mark Constantino show that the couple died from fatal gunshot wounds, after a series of crimes that occurred earlier this week in Reno and Sparks.
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Three people are dead after a series of crimes on Tuesday that took place at a home in Reno and an apartment in Sparks.
It began when a woman returned to her home around 8:00am Tuesday, in the 2300 block of Escalera Court in North Reno, to find her male roommate dead. She called the Reno Police Department and also let them know that her other roommate, Debby Constantino, was missing and she was concerned for her safety.
As police investigated the death, they also worked to locate the missing woman. By pinging her cell phone, they found that she may be at the Courtside Garden Apartments near 15th Street and Oddie Boulevard in Sparks. When officers responded there, someone began shooting at them through the door. Through negotiations, they discovered that the Debby was inside and that she was being held hostage by her estranged husband. Sparks Police identify that man as 53-year-old Mark Constantino and say he’s the one who fired the shots at them and is suspected in the death at the north Reno home.
Negotiators from Reno and Sparks Police along with the local FBI attempted for several hours to get Mark Constantino to surrender.
Around 1:30 p.m., Sparks Police said their SWAT team made entry into the home and found Constantino and his estranged wife, who they say he kidnapped from the Reno location, dead inside the unit.
Investigators say the apartment belonged to an adult child of the former couple.
The man killed inside the Reno home has been identified as 55-year-old James Anderson.
Sparks High School was placed on a precautionary code yellow lockdown during the incident.