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War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away
War, children, yeah, it's just a shot away
It's just a shot away, hey, yeah
Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones
REVIEW-JOURNAL STAFF
Two Las Vegas police officers were killed Sunday in an apparent ambush in a
pizza restaurant that spilled over to a nearby Walmart store, where the two
shooters committed suicide after shooting and killing a woman.
Details are sketchy but sources within the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police
Department say the officers were shot by a man and a woman who approached
them as they ate lunch at a CiCi's Pizza, 309 N. Nellis Boulevard, at about
11:20 a.m.
Sheriff Doug Gillespie identified the officers as Alyn Beck, 42, and Igor
Soldo, 32. 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."
There are still many questions whose answers won't be known immeidately,
Gillespie said.
A law enforcement official who has been briefed on the incident said one
officer 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 was trying to draw
his pistol. Initial reports indicate that Soldo was the officer shot at the
soda machine, but that has not been confirmed. :Gillespie did say one of the
officers was able to fire back.
One officer was reportedly dead at the scene, while the other died later in
surgery at University Medical Center. Both were uniform patrol officers
assigned to the Northeast Area Command. Beck was a senior patrol officer who
had taught Advanced Officer Skills Training and at the Metro academy.
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 the shooters said that.
The shooters then stripped the officers of their weapons and ammunition and
went into the Walmart across the street at 201 North Nellis.
Witnesses at the scene reported hearing shots fired in quick succession
inside the Walmart.
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.
Gillespie confirmed someone, whose name has not yet been released, was shot
and killed just inside the front doors of the Walmart.
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 and wounded her accomplice before shooting
herself in the head, a law enforcement official said. The 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 at this time what, if anything, was
found in the bags. A fire department official said the bomb squad response
was "a precaution."
The FBI was called out to the shooting.
By Epictetus
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