Las Vegas Review JournalSheriff Gillespie is the same sheriff that Cliven Bundy is pissed of at for not helping him (Bundy) violate a Federal Court order against him. In April, Gun-Thugs flocked to Nevada to support Bundy in his 'range war' with the government.
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.”
Las Vegas Review reports:
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 Review goes on to report: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.
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.LV Review says there was a shootout inside WalmartThe 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.
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.One witness said it looked like a "war zone"Gillespie confirmed someone, whose name has not yet been released, was shot and killed just inside the front doors of the Walmart.
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.
As squad cars cordoned off the street, [Marlene] Buck said restaurant customers crowded against the windows and started to rush outside.One witness describes hiding and praying.“I did everything I could to keep everyone inside,” she said, adding it looked like a warzone and making a machine-gun gesture with her hands.
A grandmother who was shopping in Walmart with her two teenage granddaughters said they crouched in a makeup aisle when they heard shots. She prayed out loud, but the girls asked her to keep quiet so the shooters wouldn’t find them. When they peeked around the aisle and couldn’t see the shooters, they ran out of the store.