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 | |
| 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.