--- description: Two police officers killed during shooting in Las Vegas title: Las Vegas: Two Police Officers Killed During Shooting image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0f270db507ee59f/698696af36176051cc90c839/las-vegas-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # 2 Cops Killed in Las Vegas Shooting by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2014 1:45 AM CUT  Police officers wait outside a Walmart after a shooting in Las Vegas on June 8, 2014 Police officers wait outside a Walmart after a shooting in Las Vegas on June 8, 2014Steve Marcus— Reuters by [David Stout](/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 9, 2014 1:45 AM CUT _Updated 7:14 a.m. E.T. on June 9_ A married couple screamed “this is a revolution” before killing two police officers in Las Vegas on Sunday, authorities said, in a [shooting rampage](http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-shooting-vegas-restaurant-walmart-24049592 "undefined") that ultimately left five people dead, including the suspects. Police said the two suspects walked into a pizza restaurant and yelled about a “revolution” before killing the two officers—Alyn Beck, 42, and Igor Soldo, 32—who were having lunch at the establishment. The suspects later fled to a nearby Walmart were they killed one bystander before taking their own lives in what authorities said appears to have been part of a suicide pact. “What precipitated this event, we do not know,” Sheriff Douglas Gillespie told the [Las Vegas _Sun_](http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/jun/08/two-officers-shot-cicis-nellis-suspects-run-wal-ma/ "undefined"). “My officers were simply having lunch when the shooting started.” The investigation into the shootings was ongoing late on Sunday. CNN, citing an unnamed law enforcement source, reports the couple had extremist views toward police. The The Las Vegas _Review-Journal_, citing unnamed law enforcement sources, reports that the shooters draped their bodies in cloth displaying a Revolutionary War-era flag and that investigators also found materials associated with white supremacist groups. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2846049/las-vegas-shooting/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2846049/las-vegas-shooting/"},"headline":"2 Cops Killed in Las Vegas Shooting","datePublished":"2014-06-09T01:45:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T08:17:15.757Z","description":"Two suspects reportedly screamed “this is a revolution” before killing two cops and a third person, and then themselves","url":"https://time.com/2846049/las-vegas-shooting/","keywords":["Crime","police","U.S.","shooting","Guns","Las Vegas"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0f270db507ee59f/698696af36176051cc90c839/las-vegas-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb0f270db507ee59f/698696af36176051cc90c839/las-vegas-shooting.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Metro Police officers are shown outside a Wal-Mart after a shooting in Las Vegas","caption":"Metro Police officers are shown outside a Wal-Mart after a shooting in Las Vegas","creditText":"Steve Marcus— Reuters","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2846049/las-vegas-shooting/","name":"2 Cops Killed in Las Vegas Shooting"}}]}] ```