Vigil honors slain Las Vegas officer — WATCH LIVE

Austin Abdelnabi, a 30‑year‑old Las Vegas Metro police officer, died Tuesday after being shot while responding to a call about an intoxicated man waving a gun on the 4500 block of East Tropicana Avenue. President Donald Trump expressed his condolences, saying he was sending “love and heartfelt prayers” to the officer’s family and loved ones. During a briefing Friday at Metro headquarters, Undersheriff Andrew Walsh said Abdelnabi encountered the suspect, identified as 21‑year‑old Angel Tywin Lucas Lindsey, at the 5400 block of Mountain Vista Street adjacent to Interstate 11, south of where the call originated. Walsh noted that Abdelnabi was the first officer on the scene, that he activated his patrol vehicle’s emergency lights before exiting, and that Lindsey “immediately charged at” Abdelnabi. Walsh stated that Lindsey was armed with a 9 mm handgun equipped with an extended magazine and fired eight rounds at Abdelnabi, who did not discharge his weapon. He provided the following exact description of the wounds: “One hit his ballistic vest and then went into his neck,” Walsh said of where Abdelnabi was shot. “One in the limb that went into his chest; twice in the ballistic vest; once in the handcuff case, once in his pepper spray, once in the baseplate of his firearm and once in his body‑worn camera.” The footage from Abdelnabi’s body camera is presently unable to be retrieved, but Metro is working with the manufacturer, Axon, to obtain it. Responding officers applied a thorax seal and a tourniquet before transporting Abdelnabi in the rear of a patrol vehicle to University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Metro announced on Thursday that another officer involved in the shooting, Enrique Molinet, was placed on regular paid administrative leave pending a reappraisal of the incident, which remains under investigation. Molinet has been with Metro since 2022. Walsh said Molinet fired six times from a 9 mm handgun. Lindsey was struck in the chest by police fire and subsequently shot himself in the head, according to Walsh; Lindsey died at the scene. Abdelnabi’s mother, Amy Harvey, said earlier this week that her son was a postgraduate of Clemson University and a Marine veteran. Others who knew him described him as an individual who went above and beyond and was passionate about serving those in need. According to Marine Corps public affairs officer Yvonne Carlock, Abdelnabi served from 2014 to 2018 and attained the rank of Lance Corporal. A former machine gunner, he was deployed during Operation New Dawn in 2016 with the 13th Marine Expeditionary Unit and earned several awards, including the Marine Corps Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and others. A funeral service is scheduled for 10 a.m. Friday at Central Church in Henderson, near East Russell Road and Boulder Highway.