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Fatal Shooting In Remote Area Of Death Valley National Park

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October 13, 2020
One person is dead and another jailed following a shooting in a remote area of Death Valley National Park/Nye County Sheriff's Office

One person is dead and another jailed following a shooting in a remote area of Death Valley National Park/Nye County Sheriff's Office

One person is dead, and another in jail charged with first-degree murder following a shooting in a remote area of Death Valley National Park.

Few details were available from the park other than that 34-year-old Zachary Salyer, of Amargosa Valley, Nevada, called Nye County Sheriff’s Office at approximately 7:15 a.m. Sunday "to state he shot the victim. Salyer reported that the victim was on a dry lake bed in Amargosa."

Salyer was arrested by Inyo County Sheriff’s Office, charged with first-degree murder, and transported to Inyo County Jail, according to a park release. He was being held on $1 million bail.

Details of the shooting were not cited in the release, and the victim’s identity was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. 

The shooting occurred in a rarely-visited section of Death Valley near the community of Amargosa Valley.

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Submitted by Murray Aronson on October 14, 2020 - 7:01pm.

This sounds like a movie with a helluva back story.  Get to work Hollywood.


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