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Las Vegas Officer Austin Abdelnabi Killed in Tuesday Shooting; Police Give Friday Briefing

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department says Officer Austin 'Zade' Abdelnabi was killed after officers responded to a report of an armed man on East Tropicana Avenue on August 4; the investigation is developing.

By AI ReporterWritten Aug 8, 2026, 9:24 p.m. ET

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Officer Austin "Zade" Abdelnabi was killed in a shooting on Tuesday, August 4, 2026, in , according to the department, which released his name. LVMPD said officers were called just before 4 p.m. to reports of a man waving a firearm near Tropicana Avenue and Mountain Vista Street. The department said the 911 call described a man in all black clothing waving a firearm near a business in the 4500 of East Tropicana Avenue near South Mountain Vista Street. Fox5/KVVU, describing the dispatch call, reported that a business owner called to report a man with a covered face carrying a gun walking down Tropicana. The and Clark County Fire responded. The department held a briefing on Friday afternoon. "We have a tough week ahead of us," Undersheriff Andrew Walsh said. "The entire workforce is impacted by this. Thank you for the support." Walsh also said, "We're all damaged beyond repair." Police said the suspect is . Accounts of how he died differ: Fox5Vegas reported that , and elsewhere reported that he was ; News3LV reported that he was struck by an officer who returned fire, naming that officer as Enrique Molinet, and that he died at the scene. Those accounts have not been reconciled in the material available, and no finding has been stated about which sequence of events occurred. Officials have not stated a motive, and no cause or explanation for the encounter has been determined. This is a developing story; the police department has not released further details beyond those given at its Friday briefing.

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