Roll of Honor
Incident
Sergeant Henry Prendes was shot and killed after responding to a domestic violence call at 8336 Feather Duster Court.
He and several officers responded to a report of a man beating a woman with a stick in the front yard and breaking windows on vehicles and a house on Feather Duster Court. When Sergeant Prendes and other officers arrived, they located the woman, who was the suspect's girlfriend. Her mother and her brother were with her, but the suspect had gone inside the home.
Sergeant Prendes approached the door of the home when the suspect opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, striking him. Sergeant Prendes fell on the sidewalk, but officers could not reach him because the suspect continued firing with his weapon. The suspect fired approximately 50 rounds and kept the officers pinned behind cars and walls.
The suspect then went upstairs and fired down upon the officers. Despite the barrage of gunfire, police officers tried to rescue Sergeant Prendes. A member of the Gang Unit heard the call and responded to the scene with a rifle. He was able to shoot and kill the suspect and help rescue Sergeant Prendes. That officer was wounded in the leg during the rescue and exchange of gunfire.
Sergeant Prendes had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 14 years.
Sergeant Prendes approached the door of the home when the suspect opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle, striking him. Sergeant Prendes fell on the sidewalk, but officers could not reach him because the suspect continued firing with his weapon. The suspect fired approximately 50 rounds and kept the officers pinned behind cars and walls.
Sergeant Prendes had served with the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department for 14 years.
Survivors
He is survived by his wife and two young daughters.
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I never knew you. I am standing here anyway.
Sergeant Prendes gave the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department 14 years.
Thank you for your service to the Las Vegas community. Gone but never to be forgotten.
Rest easy, Sergeant Prendes.
— S. Vincent Anthony, U.S. Army 1985-1993
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Incident Details
Sergeant Henry Prendes is one of 1 officers killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty across the full record of this memorial — 0% of all 97,772 officers honored here.
In NV, 82 of 146 officers were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 56.2% of this state's fallen. That is 56.2 percentage points above the national rate of 0%.
At Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, 11 of 25 officers on record were killed feloniously — deliberately targeted and murdered in the line of duty — 44% of this agency's fallen.
National Cause Distribution
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