2014 Las Vegas shootings

2014 Las Vegas shootings
2014 Las Vegas shootings
Location	Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Date	June 8, 2014 ; 11:22 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (PDT)
Target	Police officers
Attack type	Triple-murder, Murder–suicide, shootout, domestic terrorism
Weapons	M&P 9mm pistol; Ruger LCR .38 revolver; Glock 17 9mm (stolen); H&K USP 9mm (stolen); Winchester 1300 shotgun; Knives;
Deaths	5 (including both perpetrators)
Injured	0
Perpetrators	Jerad and Amanda Miller
Motive	Anti-government sentiment White supremacism

The 2014 Las Vegas shootings occurred on June 8, 2014, when a married couple, Jerad and Amanda Miller, committed a shooting in northeastern Las Vegas, Nevada. Five people died, including the two shooters. The couple, who espoused extreme anti-government views, first killed two Las Vegas police officers at a restaurant before fleeing into a Walmart, where they killed an intervening armed civilian named Joseph Wilcox. The couple died after engaging responding officers in a shootout in Walmart; police shot and killed Jerad, while Amanda committed suicide after being wounded.

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