In yet another gun related tragedy two Las Vegas police officers and a civilian were killed in an apparent ambush yesterday. later the attackers killed themselves as well.
One of the attackers yelled “This is the start of a revolution” before shooting the officers and stripping them of their weapons and ammunition.
Two officers were “ambushed” and mowed down by the gun wielding shooters — a man and a woman — as they ate lunch at CiCi´s Pizza, Sheriff Douglas Gillespie told reporters. One of the officers was killed on the spot, while the second died in surgery.
A police dispatch call was made around 11:22 am (1822 GMT). The attackers then ran across the parking lot to a nearby Walmart store, and the Review-Journal said they exchanged gunfire with and ultimately killed a civilian who was carrying a concealed weapon. The civilian, who has not yet been identified, was found dead inside the front door.
“It´s a tragic day, it´s a very, very difficult day but we still have a community to police and we still have a community to protect,” Gillespie said. “We will be out there doing it with our heads held high but an emptiness in our hearts.”
The male shooter, described as a tall white man, yelled “everyone get out” before shooting, Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill told a news conference earlier.
Gillespie said a preliminary investigation suggested the woman had first shot the man before taking her own life.
“What precipitated this event, we do not know,” Gillespie said.
“My officers were simply having lunch when the shooting started.”
