Justice Department releases report on 2014 ambush that left two Metro officers dead (NV)

Posted May 5, 2016 - 1:35pm
Updated May 5, 2016 - 4:00pm
By JEFF GERMAN
LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

... Officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo were shot to death June 8, 2014, while having lunch at a CiCi’s Pizza at 309 N. Nellis Blvd. The assailants, Jared and Amanda Miller, were later shot to death by police at a Wal-Mart across the street after they killed shopper Joseph Wilcox, who had pulled out a handgun and tried to intervene.

The couple had strong anti-government leanings and were supporters of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy during his April 2014 confrontation with the Bureau of Land Management. They went to the Bundy ranch near Bunkerville but were asked to leave before the armed standoff. The report quoted Ammon Bundy, the rancher’s son, as saying the two were “very radical.”

The analysis of the deadly ambush at CiCi’s and subsequent shootout at the Wal-Mart was requested by former Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie ...

http://www.reviewjournal.com/crime/shootings/justice-department-releases-report-2014-ambush-left-two-metro-officers-dead

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