Double shooting death in Spanish Springs ruled self-defense

The Washoe County Sheriff’s Office says its investigation into the 2015 shooting deaths of two Spanish Springs men has determined the shooter acted in self-defense, and in defense of his brother and father.

The shooting took place about 11:30PM April 25, 2015. According to investigators, residents inside a home on McLemore Court in Spanish Springs were disturbed by yelling and fighting outside their home. One of the residents, a 75-year-old man, went out the front door and shouted at three people across the street to quiet down and go back inside their home.

Two of the men from across the street went to the 75-year-old’s home to confront him. By that time, the elderly resident’s two adult sons were also outside in the driveway. According to investigators, two of the three residents made separate phone calls to 911 asking for police assistance with what they described as two “obviously drunk” men.

Investigators say the situation seemed to calm down and one of the sons went back inside the home. Shortly thereafter, the father and other brother were attacked near their garage.

Investigators say the second brother heard his brother yelling for help and went back outside armed with a pistol. He saw his father and brother were being attacked by the younger men. He reported he saw his father’s head being slammed against the concrete driveway by one person, while his brother was being pinned to the concrete driveway and punched by the other.

Believing the lives of his father and brother were in immediate danger, he shot and killed the two younger men. The father also sustained a non-life-threatening wound as a result of the shooting.

The dead men were identified by the Washoe County Medical Examiner’s Office as 29-year-old Glen Robins and his brother 19-year-old Ryan Robins, both of Spanish Springs.

Investigators say forensic evidence confirmed the entire incident occurred on the 75-year-old’s property. They say no criminal culpability was discovered, making this a justifiable homicide per Nevada Revised Statutes.