Two SWAT officers identified in deadly shooting of Laughlin standoff suspect

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — UPDATE, 2 PM | The Clark County Coroner's office has identified the suspect killed as 69-year-old Michael Todd Lopez of Lake Havasu City, Arizona.

Lopez died from multiple gunshot wounds, and the manner of death has been officially ruled a homicide.

ORIGINAL | Authorities have identified two SWAT officers who shot and killed a robbery suspect after a standoff with police Monday at a Laughlin casino.

Las Vegas Metropolitan Police say Officers Cory Mikkelson, 52, and John Susich, 42, have been placed on administrative leave pending a review of the shooting.

Both Mikkelson and Susich are assigned to the Special Weapons and Tactics bureau, according to police. Mikkelson has been with LVMPD since 1994, while Susich has been with the department since 2006.

Under LVMPD policy, the names of officers involved in shootings are released 48 hours after the incident.

Officers responded to Aquarius Resort early Monday morning on a report of a man who tried to rob the casino cage, police said.

The suspect fired a round at a hotel security officer when confronted in the parking lot, though nobody was struck, said LVMPD Captain Nicole Splinter.

The man then got into his car and refused to leave when police officers arrived.

SWAT units responded to the scene and negotiations went on for several hours, Splinter said.

Around 7 a.m., the man got out of his car with a gun in his hand. He raised the gun toward officers, and officers fired, hitting and killing him, she said.

Laughlin is an unincorporated town in Clark County, about 90 miles south of Las Vegas, and it falls under LVMPD's jurisdiction.