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Denny Benka

Gender : Male

Age : 46

Race : White

Date : 06/17/2025

Location : Churchill County

City : Fallon

County : Churchill

State : Nevada

Agency : Churchill County Sheriff's Office

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Gunshot

Event : Killed by police for undisclosed reasons

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

On June 16 around 7:44 p.m., deputies and fire crews responded to a burning RV in an encampment off Trento Lane near Mustang Pond. They located Denny Benka standing on his RV porch. A deputy repeatedly told him to move back so firefighters could safely extinguish the blaze. Benka ignored commands and reportedly retreated into his trailer with the hatchet and returned with a scoped pneumatic rifle. When he raised and aimed the weapon at the deputy, the deputy shot Benka once, killing him on site. Benka was later pronounced dead. Nevada State Police Investigation Division is leading the review. The unnamed officer was cleared.

SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.kolotv.com/2025/06/17/one-killed-officer-involved-shooting-fallon/
https://m.facebook.com/LahontanValleyNews/photos/nsp-issues-report-on-deputy-shootingnevada-news-groupa-churchill-county-deputys-/1336989558436633/
https://www.thefallonpost.org/article/7801,shooting-by-churchill-county-sheriff-s-deputy-ruled-self-defense/
Bodycam:
https://www.2news.com/townnews/crime/body-camera-footage-released-in-shooting-incident-involving-churchill-county-sheriff-s-office-deputy/article_0df01e8a-2af6-4213-934c-f16f54a67514.html