NV State Order · Half-Staff
Flags at Half-Staff for Austin Abdelnabi
August 14, 2026
Governor Joe Lombardo ordered flags to be lowered to half-staff on Friday, August 14 to honor Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer Austin Abdelnabi, who was killed in the line of duty on August 4, 2026. Officer Abdelnabi, a 30-year-old Marine Corps veteran who joined the LVMPD in 2023, was ambushed and shot while responding to a report of an armed individual acting erratically near Tropicana Avenue and Mountain Vista Street. His funeral service is being held on August 14 at Central Church in Henderson, Nevada.
Flag protocol
All Nevada state public buildings and grounds fly flags at half-staff from sunrise to sunset on August 14, 2026, in conjunction with Officer Abdelnabi's funeral service.
Source: gov.nv.gov