LAS VEGAS—
Law enforcement officials are looking into whether a man and woman who killed two Las Vegas police officers and a third person before killing themselves Sunday had links to the white supremacy movement, according to a report Monday.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal, citing city law enforcement sources, said investigators discovered paraphernalia associated with white supremacists, including swastika symbols, but it was not clear where the items were found.
The newspaper's report also said the shooters covered the officers' bodies with something featuring the Revolutionary War-era Gadsden flag. The yellow flag contains an image of a coiled snake and the words "Don't tread on me."
Representatives for the Las Vegas Police Department said they could not confirm the report. A morning news conference is planned later Monday.
The armed man and woman shouted about a "revolution" before opening fire and killing the two uniformed patrol officers, Alyn Beck, 41, and Igor Soldo, 31, who were eating lunch in a CiCi's pizza parlor, police said Sunday.
One of the two officers managed to return gunfire before the suspects fled to an adjacent Wal-Mart, where they killed a bystander inside the front door, then exchanged gunfire with police who pursued them further into the store, Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie said.
Moments later, the female suspect shot her accomplice to death, then took her own life, Gillespie told reporters Sunday.
Gillespie said the two slain officers had been on routine patrol in the East Las Vegas area when they stopped for lunch.
Beck had worked in the police department since August 2001 and was married, with three children. Soldo had been on the force since April 2006 and was married, with a baby.
"They are both family men," Gillespie said, "and they're leaving behind loved ones."
Reuters
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