Suspect arrested in Jack in the Box shooting
by Tribune Staff
Aug 05, 2008 | 1132 views | 3 3 comments | 11 11 recommendations | email to a friend | print
Courtesy Sparks Police
Courtesy Sparks Police
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Sparks Police on Tuesday arrested a man on suspicion of being the shooter in an incident that took place early Saturday morning in the parking lot of the Jack in the Box restaurant at 228 Oddie Blvd.

On Monday, Sparks Police located the light blue Toyota 4Runner that was seen in video taken from the restaurant’s surveillance camera, and on Tuesday they arrested Jadon Hatcher, 23, a Reno resident, on charges of battery with a deadly weapon. In Saturday’s shooting, Juan Padilla, 20, of Reno, was shot after an altercation with the three passengers of the Toyota. The incident began in the restaurant’s drive-thru and carried over into other parts of the parking lot. An occupant of the Toyota took out a gun and began shooting at Padilla, who was hit once. Friends of Padilla took him to Renown Medical Center, where he remains in critical condition.

After locating the Toyota, Sparks Police located Hatcher and after an interview took him into custody. He is being held on $7,500 bail in the Washoe County Jail. Sparks Police have also interviewed the two passengers who were in the car with Hatcher at the time of the shooting but no other arrests have been made, according to Sparks Police Commander Steve Asher.

Anyone with information regarding this case is encouraged to call the Sparks Police Detective Division at 353-2225, Sparks Police Dispatch at 353-2231, or Secret Witness at 322-4900.
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MDMA
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July 19, 2010
@samodian nobody honestly knows what happened in this incident or who provoked it, you should stop making dumbass assumptions before you yourself get shot
samodian
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August 08, 2008
Mabey Juan shouldn't have been walking up to peoples cars talking crazy and looking for touble at 4am in a drive thru. If it was me and some thug walked up to my car when i was in the drive thru threating me I don't doubt i would have done anything diffrently. People need to wake up. Lets see the video tape at Jack in the box and then see just how innocent he is. He dosn't deserve to die, however you need to think about things before you do them.
NECHAVEZ
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August 07, 2008
I HOPE THIS MOTHER(YOU KNOW WHAT)..GET CHARGED WITH THE HIGHEST CHARGES FOR WHAT HE DID TO A INNOCENT PERSON LIKE JUAN. ALL I HAVE TO SAY IS THAT HE BETTER HOPE TO GOD THAT JUAN MAKES IT. THATS ALL I KNOW

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