Couple kill two Las Vegas policemen, bystander and themselves in gun spree

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Suspects shouted: 'This is a revolution', before shooting officers and a shopper in an apparent suicide pact

 

 

 

• Associated Press
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• theguardian.com, Sunday 8 June 2014 20.24 EDT

 

 

 

A couple have shot and killed two police officers at a Las Vegas pizza restaurant before killing a third person and and then themselves inside a nearby Walmart.

 

A man and woman walked into CiCi's Pizza and shot at point-blank range Alyn Beck, 42, and Igor Soldo, 32, who were eating lunch on Sunday, Las Vegas police officials said.

 

One of the suspects shouted: "This is a revolution," but the motive for the shooting remains under investigation.

 

One of the officers fired back before he died, but it is unclear if the suspects were hit, sheriff Doug Gillespie of the Las Vegas metro police department said at a news conference on Sunday afternoon.

 

The suspects then fled to the Walmart across the street, where they fatally shot a person inside the front door and exchanged gunfire with officers before killing themselves in an apparent suicide pact, police said.

 

The female suspect shot the male suspect before killing herself, Gillespie said. The victim's identity has not been confirmed, and the suspects' names have not been released.

 

"It's a tragic day," Gillespie said. "We have a community to protect, we will do it with our heads held high."

 

Nevada governor Brian Sandoval said he was devastated by the murders of the two officers and an "innocent bystander".

 

Clark county assistant sheriff Kevin McMahill said at a news conference that the male suspect shouted "everyone get out" before the shooting at Walmart. The man and woman then went to the back of the store.

 

The names of the suspects and victims and their cause of death will be released by the Clark county coroner's office.

 

Walmart employees and shoppers were taken to a nearby clothing store to be interviewed by police. The restaurant and Walmart remained closed as detectives processed evidence.

 

Walmart issued a statement saying it was working with police on the investigation.
"We express our deepest condolences to everyone who has been affected by this senseless act of violence," company spokesman Brooke Buchanan said.

 

Sheree Burns, 48, told the Las Vegas Sun she was eating at the restaurant, seated just behind the two officers when a man came up to one of the officers and shot him in the head She said she ducked under her table but peeked up and saw the other officer being shot.

 

Pauline Pacheco was shopping at Wal-Mart when she saw the armed man and grabbed her father to escape, KLAS-TV reported. "We saw when the man was walking, he was shouting, yelling bad words, and suddenly he had a gun," she told the station. "It was terrible, it was terrible. That man was crazy."

 

McMahill said the male suspect yelled "everyone get out" before shooting at Wal-Mart. The suspects then walked to the back of the store.

 

 

 

 

 

Las Vegas policemen Alyn Beck, left, and Igor Soldo who were killed in an ambush while eating lunch. Photograph: John Locher/AP

 

 

 

 

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/09/couple-kill-two-las-vegas-policemen-bystander-and-themselves-in-gun-spree

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My question. Is it not the same thing as the no knock?