Las Vegas police have identified the couple who killed two of its police officers and an armed civilian that tried to stop them as Jerad Miller, 31, and his wife, Amanda, 22.

"(We have) no doubt the suspects (had) some apparent ideology along the lines of militia and white supremacists," McMahill added. "We believe that they equated government ... with Nazis," said Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Assistant Sheriff Kevin McMahill.

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The couple shot and killed Metro police officers Alyn Beck and Igor Soldo, and a civilian identified as Robert Wilcox, during their rampage at CiCi's pizza restaurant and a nearby Walmart branch. They then committed suicide to avoid capture by the police.

Metro police said the couple left behind clues that left no doubt about their hatred of the federal government and the police and their love of guns, the Second Amendment and the "militia" or armed paramilitary units of which they were a member.

They pinned a "Don't Tread on Me" flag, also called a Gadsden flag, and a Nazi swastika on the body of Soldo, who Jerad Miller shot in the back of the head as he was refilling his soft drink. Jerad then shot Beck in the neck as the policeman went for his weapon. Amanda also fired on Beck, who died in the hospital from his gunshot wounds,

Jerad then attached a note to Beck's body that said, " ... this is the beginning of the revolution." The couple were first reported to have yelled this phrase before killing the two policemen.

They also repeated the phrase to a witness, Alvaro Lopez.

"They had a backpack, and I saw a gun in their hand," Lopez said. "He just told me to tell the cops that it was a revolution and that he'd just killed two cops inside CiCi's."

"We don't necessary believe that they are white supremacists or associated with the Nazi movement. We believe that they equate government and law enforcement ... with Nazis," McMahill said. "In other words, they believe that law enforcement is the oppressor.

They then ran to a nearby Walmart where they shot and killed Wilcox, who was armed with a handgun. Witnesses said Wilcox accosted the armed Jerad Miller but not Amanda. With both men in a Mexican standoff, Amanda took out her weapon and fired at Wilcox, who later died from a bullet wound to his torso.

Police recovered hundreds of rounds of ammunition from the couple's backpacks at Walmart, indicating they were prepared for a lengthy gun battle.

They later searched the couple's apartment and went through the couple's inflammatory social media postings on Facebook.

"There is no doubt that the suspects have some apparent ideology that's along the lines of militia and white supremacists," McMahill said.

On his Facebook page, Jerad had long railed against the "fascist" federal government. His last comment before he and his wife (who were married only on Sept. 22, 2012) decided to act on their seething anti-government hatred was the most worrisome.

"The dawn of a new day," Jerad Miller wrote on his Facebook page on June 7. "May all our coming sacrifices be worth it."

On June 2, Miller posted a series of comments on his Facebook page saying that to restore "freedom" to the U.S., the "best men" would strike for "a free and just world with our blood, sweat and tears as payment."

"There is no greater cause to die for than liberty," he wrote on May 2. "I will willingly die for liberty."

On March 25, he wrote: "I stand firm in my convictions and stand prepared to die for them  ... Come for me, free me from your slavery. Give me the death a hero deserves."

Most of Jerad's posting made it clear that he saw himself very much as part of the Patriot, or militia, movement in the U.S. that is popular among right wing Americans and Republicans.

Jerad's profile picture shows two knives and the word "PATRIOT" embellished with a stars and stripes motif. He wrote a great deal about the Second Amendment, which he described as a "Freedom Thing."

Amanda also shared her late husband's hatred of Big Government. On May 23, she wrote on her Facebook page, "(T)o the people of the world ... your (sic) lucky i can't kill you now but remember one day one day i will get you because one day all hell will break lose (sic) and i'll be standing in the middle of it with a shot gun in one hand and a pistol in the other."

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