Two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian were shot and killed by a pair of suspects armed with rifles before one of the shooters shot her partner dead before taking her own life.
The male and female shooters stormed a North Las Vegas Cici’s Pizza location Sunday morning, killing the two patrolmen as they ate lunch, before stealing their weapons and running to the Walmart across the street. Witnesses say the pair also shouted ‘tell the police the revolution has begun.’
The two suspects then shot a bystander to death who is believed to have been carrying a concealed firearm and had opened fire on them as they ran into the Walmart. The bystander’s body was found just inside the front door to the store.
The suspects then shouted at everyone to leave the store and continued to claim a revolution had begun. The two suspects then exchanged about 20 shots with SWAT officers.
The two officers killed are identified as Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo.
Police have not established if the incidents were a series of random acts or part of a larger movement possibly targeting police officers. The investigation is ongoing.
In September 2011, a man armed with an AK-47 opened fire in an IHOP restaurant in Carson City, killing five people, including himself and three Army National Guard soldiers, and wounding seven others.
06/09/14 UPDATE: Las Vegas police say they are looking into whether the two suspects in the shooting deaths of the two officers had been at Cliven Bundy’s Nevada ranch during a standoff earlier this year. Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the two suspects, Jerad Miller and his wife, Amanda, had ideology that was along the lines of “militia and white supremacists.”
The couple was from Indiana. Officials say they also had plans to take over a courthouse and execute public officials.
The Clark County coroner’s office says Joseph Wilcox of Las Vegas died as he tried to stop the suspects. He was shot and killed by the female gunman.
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