Right Wing Nut Jobs Assassinate Two Police Officers

gifford1967 · Jun 9, 2014

Apparently, they thought they were sparking a revolution and had recently been at Clive Bundy's ranch.

MICHAEL QUINE/ LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

Two Las Vegas police officers were killed Sunday in what appears to be a politically motivated ambush in a pizza restaurant that spilled over to a nearby Wal-Mart, where the two shooters committed suicide after killing a man in the store.

Details are sketchy, but Metropolitan Police Department sources close to the investigation say the shooters shouted that “this is the start of a revolution” before opening fire on the officers, and draped their bodies with cloth showing a Revolutionary War-era flag. Investigators have also found paraphernalia associated with white supremacists.

Sunday night, Metro homicide investigators and FBI agents cordoned off and were searching a small apartment complex at 110 S. Bruce St., about four miles from the shooting scene. A resident of the complex said he had spoken with a man who lived in the apartment being searched. He said the man appeared “militant,” and often talked about conspiracy theories.
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Sheriff Doug Gillespie said officers Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31, were shot while they ate lunch at CiCi’s Pizza, 309 N. Nellis Blvd., at about 11:20 a.m. Sunday. In a late afternoon news conference he said no motive for the attack has been determined.

“It’s a tragic day,” the sheriff said. “We have lost two officers with young families.”

Beck was a senior patrol officer who had taught Advanced Officer Skills Training and at the Metro academy. He was hired by Metro in 2001 and had a wife and three children.

Soldo has been a Metro officer since 2006 and had a wife and baby. Both were uniform patrol officers assigned to the Northeast Area Command.

THE ATTACK

A law enforcement official who has been briefed on the incident said an officer — unconfirmed reports indicate it was Soldo — was refilling a soft drink when the female shooter approached him from behind and shot him in the head, killing him instantly.

The woman then shot the other officer several times as he drew his pistol. Gillespie said the officer was able to return fire but it was unclear if he hit anyone.

One officer was reported dead at the scene, while the other died later in surgery at University Medical Center.

Witnesses told police one of the shooters yelled “This is the start of a revolution” before shooting the officers. Gillespie later said he could not confirm that.

The shooters then stripped the officers of their weapons and ammunition and badges, according to a law enforcement official with knowledge of the investigation. They then covered the officers with something that featured the Gadsden flag, a yellow banner with a coiled snake above the words, “Don’t tread on Me.”

The flag is named for Christopher Gadsden a Revolutionary War general who designed it. It has recently come back in vogue as an adopted symbol of the American tea party movement.

The shooters left the pizza parlor and headed into the Wal-Mart across the street at 201 North Nellis. Witnesses at the scene reported hearing shots fired in quick succession inside the Wal-Mart.

At a news conference at about 1 p.m. Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill said the male shooter, described as a tall white man, yelled “everyone get out” before shooting.

One unconfirmed report is that the two exchanged gunfire with a citizen who was carrying a concealed weapon, and that one of the shooters was injured.

A man was shot and killed just inside the front doors of the Wal-Mart. His name has not yet been released.

As Metro officers entered the front and back doors of the store they exchanged gunfire with the shooters, Gillespie said.

The female shooter then shot her accomplice at least once before shooting herself in the head, a law enforcement official said. The wounded man then shot and killed himself. Their identities have not been released by police.

Both shooters were reportedly carrying large duffle bags, and a bomb squad was called to the scene. It’s unclear what, if anything, was found in the bags. A fire department official said the bomb squad response was “a precaution.”

Hector Garcia was shopping in Wal-Mart’s arts and crafts aisle toward the back of the store when he encountered a man brandishing a gun. He looked like he was in his 20s, was wearing camouflage and had a duffle bag draped over his shoulder.

He said the shooter appeared calm when he pointed the gun at him and said, “Don’t run.” The gunman, Garcia said, continued walking to the back of the store. Garcia said that store employees were evacuating customers through the back of the store.

After the gunman walked out of sight, Garcia walked out of the store. Garcia said he was shaken up and couldn’t remember what kind of gun the man carried.

THE SHOOTERS

The shooters were a married couple thought to be in their late 20s who were new to the Las Vegas Valley, according to a law enforcement official close to the investigation. Police are looking into their links to the white supremacy movement and found swastika symbols during their initial investigation.

Residents of the Bruce Street apartment complex gathered outside the building to talk about the couple whose unit was being searched.

Several neighbors identified the man as Jared, while one called the woman Amanda.

Like many of the neighbors contacted, Krista Koch said she didn’t know the couple’s last names. She described them as “militant.” They talked about planning to kill police officers, “going underground” and not coming out until the time was right to kill.

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ABC News
RYAN OWENS
Monday, June 09, 2014
LAS VEGAS -- The couple who ambushed two Las Vegas cops and killed a civilian in a nearby Walmart store were a husband and wife team who may have been involved in right wing anti-government groups, police said today.

Police also said the civilian who was killed was carrying a concealed gun and moved to confront the man who opened fire in the Walmart store, but he walked past the gunman's wife unaware that she was also involved and she shot him, police said today.

The police released fresh details today of the Las Vegas shooting carried out Sunday by the husband and wife team identified as Jerad Miller, 31 and Amanda Miller, 22. Both suspects were believed to have been wounded by police gunfire before Amanda Miller shot her husband several times and then killed herself in a suicide pact, police said.

Las Vegas police are also trying to verify statements made on the couple's Facebook page that they were involved in right wing anti-government movement and were at the cattle standoff at the ranch of Cliven Bundy earlier this year, an event that attracted anti-government militants.
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REEKO_HTOWN · Jun 9, 2014

What can you do?

Signed the NRA.

If the Ci Ci's employees could carry....

Mr. Clutch · Jun 9, 2014

Its funny that the media calls these guys right wing but Islamic terrorists or Putin aren't left wing.

Bias.

gifford1967 · Jun 9, 2014

Mr. Clutch said: ↑

Its funny that the media calls these guys right wing but Islamic terrorists or Putin aren't left wing.

Bias.
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Stupid.

CometsWin · Jun 9, 2014

Law abiding citizens exercising their constitutional rights to bare arms... who then murdered police officers. More good guys with guns would have stopped this I bet.

CometsWin · Jun 9, 2014

Police also said the civilian who was killed was carrying a concealed gun and moved to confront the man who opened fire in the Walmart store, but he walked past the gunman's wife unaware that she was also involved and she shot him, police said today.
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CHL owner gunned down trying to confront crime in progress?

AroundTheWorld · Jun 9, 2014

Sounds like the woman actually killed everyone who died.

Nook · Jun 9, 2014

Please articulate a solution.

gifford1967 · Jun 9, 2014

Nook said: ↑

Please articulate a solution.
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You first.

Bandwagoner · Jun 9, 2014

CometsWin said: ↑

More good guys with guns would have stopped this I bet.
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It almost did. If it had, people would have been blaming the CCW holder who did.

CometsWin · Jun 9, 2014

Bandwagoner said: ↑

It almost did. If it had, people would have been blaming the CCW holder who did.
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How does a good guy with a gun stop the two cops (good guys with guns) from being murdered? Please explain.

KingCheetah · Jun 9, 2014

Bad day for Team Gun Nut (TGN).

mc mark · Jun 9, 2014

Apparently these freaks were part of team Bundy.

go figure

Air Langhi · Jun 9, 2014

Mr. Clutch said: ↑

Its funny that the media calls these guys right wing but Islamic terrorists or Putin aren't left wing.

Bias.
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I am guessing Isalmic terrorists are right wing. They are religious nuts.

mc mark · Jun 9, 2014

Mr. Clutch said: ↑

Its funny that the media calls these guys right wing but Islamic terrorists or Putin aren't left wing.

Bias.
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You're right. We should just call them what they are; terrorists.

Off to Gitmo!

NotInMyHouse · Jun 9, 2014

A few innocent folks are dead due to some crazies and all I see in here is finger pointing and dirt slinging. Bunch of petty children up in here.

IzakDavid13 · Jun 9, 2014

Both were apparently Meth heads…explains a lot.

rudan · Jun 9, 2014

AroundTheWorld said: ↑

Sounds like the woman actually killed everyone who died.
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outlaw women

fchowd0311 · Jun 9, 2014

Mr. Clutch said: ↑

Its funny that the media calls these guys right wing but Islamic terrorists or Putin aren't left wing.

Bias.
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Islamic terrorists hate homosexuals, want fewer rights for women and want religion more pervasive in every day life. Sounds like right wing ideology to me.

meh · Jun 9, 2014

Such a shame. If only the police officers had guns and training to defend themselves from guns. Then we'd be talking about two dead nutjobs killed by guns of justice the way things should work.

Or at least that's what I've been told.

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