A routine response to a domestic violence call in southwest Las Vegas ended in the death of Sergeant Henry Prendes, 37, a 14-year veteran of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department. On February 1, 2006, officers had been sent after multiple 911 calls reporting a man assaulting a woman with a stick and damaging vehicles and the house. Officers found the female victim, her mother and her brother outside while the suspect stayed inside the residence.

As Sergeant Prendes cautiously approached the front door he was ambushed when the suspect opened fire with a semi-automatic rifle. Prendes was struck and fell onto the sidewalk while the shooter, identified as 21-year-old Amir Rashid Crump, fired about 50 rounds, pinning down other officers and then moving to an upstairs window to continue shooting. A responding Gang Unit officer returned fire, was wounded in the leg, and fatally shot Crump. Sergeant Prendes died at the scene and is survived by his wife and two young daughters.