EPISODE 4, SEASON 2: “We were there for protection.” That’s the storyline John Steven Olausen told police after he was arrested for the 1979 murder of undercover Reno Police Officer James Hoff. He and two others were waiting by the Truckee River in Reno past midnight and, along with a fourth man, took part in Hoff’s killing as part of a drug deal gone bad. This fourth episode of Solutions Season 2 features a never-heard-before interview between Steve Olausen and Reno Police Department detectives.

This firsthand account of Hoff’s killing gives the perspective of one of the perpetrators of the crime both from ’79 and today: He claims he acted in self-defense.

Learn more about this series, and listen to all of the episodes, here: thisisreno.com/solutions/