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Letter of Appreciation: Sheriff thanks public for outpouring of support

A family holds a sign after funeral services for Las Vegas police officer Igor Soldo at Palm Northwest Mortuary & Cemetery in Las Vegas on Thursday, June 12, 2014. Soldo, 31, and fellow officer, Alyn Beck, 41, were gunned down by two assailants at a Cici's Pizza during their lunch break on June 8. (Rachel Crosby/Las Vegas Review-Journal)

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LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL

June 21, 2014 - 7:51 pm

Sheriff Gillespie thanked the Las Vegas community this weekend for the outpouring of public support following the June 8 shooting that left two Metro officers and a civilian dead.

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