Nevada Incidents

Nevada Incidents ---


Year 2015

4 police shot

September 6, 2015 Hispanic gunman ambush walks up to Las Vegas cops, starts shooting into car, 2nd shooting of cops in 3 days, 4 this year USATODAY Police in Las Vegas had an unidentified man in custody after he allegedly walked up to a pair of officers sitting at a stoplight early Sunday afternoon and began firing into their marked SUV. The alleged shooter, armed with a semi-automatic handgun, fired "multiple rounds" into the vehicle and struck one officer in the hand, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department spokesman Sgt. John Sheahan said. The one that wasn't shot caught the suspect. Police officer shot in 'ambush-style' attack, expected to survive FoxNews.com gunman approached his squad car on Sunday and began firing in an “ambush-style” shooting. leaving the scene of a disturbance call at a .99 Cents Only store when an individual walked up to their patrol car while it was stopped at a traffic light and fired three shots, Police pursued the alleged shooter on foot until he dropped his weapon and surrendered, according to Metro Sgt. John Sheahan... gunman "didn't resist or put up a fight" when cops caught up to him. This is the second shooting of a police officer in three days in Las Vegas. A cop was shot in the leg on Friday while responding to a report of a prowler. Since that incident, Las Vegas officers have been riding in pairs in patrol car ANOTHER COP SHOT IN AMBUSH-STYLE ATTACK Breitbart saw a suspect, a Hispanic Male. The driver yelled at him, where is the gun, and the suspect dropped it, fourth officer of his that has been shot this year.
Year 2014

2 cop shot and killed in ambush by white anti-government radical extremists

5 dead including 2 suspects, 2 police June 8, 2014 Las Vegas Suicide Couple Ambushes and Kills Two Officers, Walmart customerIn Las Vegas, a married couple Jerad and Amanda Miller who some say shouted “This is a revolution!” ambushed and shot dead two police officers eating at a pizza restaurant and shot a third Walmart shopper who confronted them before killing each other in a suicide pact. Police found swastikas in the suspects apartment and they were known to be anti-government white supremacists spouting conspiracy theories who often spoke of killing cops, and they draped a "don't tread on me flag" popular with the Tea Party and a swastika over their victims. They had been seen supporting the Bundy ranch. An officer has not been shot on duty in Las Vegas since 2006. By 2015, four cops had been shot by September.