A Reno man has admitted his responsibility in a shoot-out with police officers in August 2014.
Luis Alberto Machado pleaded guilty this morning to five felony charges arising from an incident when officers were summoned to the Motel 6 at 2405 Victorian Avenue in the early hours of August 21 with a report of shots fired.
Officers arriving on scene were confronted by Machado firing an AR-15 rifle from the second floor of the motel.
Machado continued to shoot as officers demanded he drop the weapon. No one was injured in the exchange, but more than 100 shots were fired by Machado during the incident damaging numerous vehicles in the parking lot as well as the motel .
Officers recovered three separate firearms from Machado’s hotel room, an AR-15 and two handguns, along with about two ounces of cocaine.
Luis Alberto Machado of Reno pled guilty to Discharging a Firearm From a Structure, Assault on an Officer with the Use of a Deadly Weapon, Resisting, Obstructing, and Delaying a Public Officer with the Use of a Firearm, Destruction or Injury to Property, and Trafficking in a Controlled Substance for his actions last Aug. 21, 2014, when he engaged in a shoot out with local police officers.
Machado faces a possible of seven to 46 years in prison. He will be sentenced February 25, 2015.
