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California man emerges as focus of Reno shooting case

RENO, Nev. — Police in Nevada plan to hold a news briefing this afternoon to announce the identity of a gunman who shot three people and killed himself at a Reno hospital.

A 51-year-old man from rural Northern California has emerged as the focus of the investigation of the violence at a urology clinic this week. One doctor was killed, another critically wounded and a third person seriously injured by the shotgun blasts.

Plumas County Sheriff Greg Hagwood says his agency helped Reno police execute a search warrant Wednesday at the home of Alan Oliver Frazier near Lake Almanor in the Sierra about 130 miles north of Reno.

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Reno police have not confirmed whether Frazier was the gunman. They have been trying to notify next of kin before releasing a name.

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