Amanda Miller (murderer)

Jerad Dwain Miller (January 3, 1983 – June 8, 2014) was born in Kennewick, Washington.

Jerad was arrested for multiple offenses in Washington and Indiana, starting in 2001.

In 2007, he was sentenced to a diversion program after pleading guilty to a felony criminal recklessness charge.

In 2009, he was arrested and charged with battery, but was acquitted later that year.

In 2011, he was sentenced to two years of probation and drug counseling after pleading guilty to felony drug charges.

That same year, Jerad met Amanda Woodruff, with whom he applied for a marriage license in Tippecanoe County, Indiana in August.

They later married on September 22.

Prior to the shooting, he worked as a street performer.

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.

On June 8, 2014, the Millers first went to a CiCi's Pizza restaurant on foot at 11:22 a.m., finding Las Vegas police officers Igor Soldo and Alyn Beck, who were eating at the restaurant on their lunch break.

Prior to the shooting, Jerad had entered the restaurant, observed the area, and then left and returned with Amanda.

Jerad fatally shot Soldo in the side of the head with a handgun, then shot Beck in the throat, head and chest.

Both Millers then fired at Soldo and Beck, shooting them multiple times after Beck had fallen to the ground.

Afterwards, they covered Beck with a yellow Gadsden flag and a swastika.

They pinned a note on Beck's body, which read: "This is the beginning of the revolution."

They also stole both officers' handguns and spare ammunition magazines.

During the restaurant shooting, the Millers loudly declared to other patrons that it happened to be the start of "a revolution".

The two then fled to a nearby Walmart, where Jerad fired a shot at the ceiling and ordered shoppers to leave.

Joseph Wilcox drew his concealed 9mm Glock 19 and confronted Jerad, but passed Amanda as he did so, not realizing that she was armed and Jerad's accomplice; Amanda shot and killed Wilcox.

Police (Officers Brett Brosnahan, Tim Gross, Zachery Beal, John Bethard, David Corbin, and Sergeant Kurt McKenzie) later responded to 9-1-1 calls and arrived at the Walmart, engaging the Millers in a gunfight (The police officers were able to locate the suspects and get information from Officers Troy Nicol and Ryan Fryman who were monitoring the CCTV of the Walmart), during which Amanda was wounded.

The Millers moved toward the back of the store, to the automotive section, where they tried to protect themselves from gunfire using several items from the store as a barricade.

Police Officer Zachery Beal eventually shot Jerad in the chest, killing him, while Amanda shot and critically wounded herself in the head.

She was taken to the University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, where she died.

Initial reports inaccurately indicated that Amanda shot Jerad repeatedly in the chest after he had "laid down" in front of her, killing him, before committing suicide.

An investigation later recovered a 9mm Smith & Wesson M&P handgun, a .38-caliber Ruger revolver, the two handguns stolen from Officers Soldo and Beck (a Glock 17 and H&K USP 9mm, respectively), a Winchester 1300 shotgun, 200 rounds of ammunition, knives, and survival items from both Millers' backpacks.

During a search at the Millers' apartment, papers that detailed plans to "take over a courthouse and execute public officials" were found.

In February 2014, Jerad threatened a Bureau of Motor Vehicles office in Indiana, claiming that he would start killing anyone who showed up to arrest him for having a suspended driver's license.

But after being confronted by police, Miller walked back his remarks and authorities found no probable cause for arrest at the time.

The case was later closed.

He was described as often talking about conspiracy theories, dressing in camouflage, and espousing his hatred of the federal government and President Barack Obama.

He was also a fan of the decentralized police accountability group Cop Block and would share online videos of police brutality, as well as posts of conspiracy theories and anti-government rhetoric.

Prior to the shooting, Jerad had accounts on Facebook and YouTube, where he made ranting posts and videos.

He once posted on June 2:

"We can hope for peace. We must, however, prepare for war. We face an enemy that is not only well funded, but who believe they fight for freedom and justice. Those of us who know the truth and dare speak it, know that the enemy we face are indeed our brothers. ... To stop this oppression, I fear, can ... only be accomplished with bloodshed."

One month prior to the shooting, Jerad asked several other Facebook users to send him "a rifle to help stand against tyranny".

On the day prior to the shooting, Jerad posted a message on his account that forewarned the attack:

"The dawn of a new day. May all of our coming sacrifices be worth it."