On the evening of February 11, 2020, 29-year-old Jarrod Scott Faust was fatally shot while sitting unarmed in his gold Chevrolet pick-up truck in a south Reno cul-de-sac. The Washoe County Regional Medical Examiner’s Office listed a gunshot wound to the head as the cause of death and ruled the death a homicide. Investigators asked anyone who saw activity near Welcome Way and Rock Haven Drive between 8:00 p.m. and 9:30 p.m. to come forward.

The investigation focused on Wayne Cameron, who followed Faust’s truck through residential streets and later said he was concerned the truck had nearly struck a motorcyclist. The pursuit ended in a confrontation in the cul-de-sac during which Cameron fired the fatal shot into Faust’s vehicle. Cameron was arrested and charged with murder; at trial he claimed self-defense, testifying he feared for his life and that he thought a vape pen in Faust’s hand could be a weapon. The prosecution described the killing as road rage. A jury convicted Cameron of first-degree murder in July 2021, but that conviction was overturned on appeal in October 2022 and the case was sent back to district court.

Anyone who witnessed the events that night or has information about Faust’s death is asked to come forward.