{"id":29289,"date":"2026-08-06T02:41:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29289"},"modified":"2026-08-06T02:41:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-05T21:41:53","slug":"were-not-booing-him-nevada-governor-admonishes-trump-rally-crowd-for-jeering-the-name-austin-abdelnabi-a-fallen-police-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=29289","title":{"rendered":"\u2018We\u2019re Not Booing Him!\u2019 Nevada Governor Admonishes Trump Rally Crowd for Jeering the Name Austin Abdelnabi \u2014 A Fallen Police Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5748670\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5748670\" class=\"size-full wp-image-5748670\" src=\"https:\/\/am14.mediaite.com\/med\/cnt\/uploads\/2026\/08\/las-vegas-governor.jpg\" alt=\"Las Vegas Governor Lombardo\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p id=\"caption-attachment-5748670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Twitter\/X<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/big-words-can-be-intimidating-jennifer-granholm-hits-back-at-republican-governor-who-asked-if-she-understands-science\/\">Nevada Governor <strong>Joe Lombardo<\/strong><\/a> was forced to admonish a crowd of supporters of President<strong> Donald Trump<\/strong> after they began to boo at the mention of the name <strong>Austin Abdelnabi<\/strong>, a police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty.<\/p>\n<p>Abdelnabi was also a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and served with the Las Vegas Police Department for more than two years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"embed_container\" id=\"e1a339d4d2068b849dc4a17740047c0b\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">LOMBARDO: So I know the pastor spoke about Officer Abdelnabi&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>TRUMP RALLY CROWD: *Boooooo*<\/p>\n<p>LOMBARDO: No. We&#039;re not booing him. He&#039;s the officer that passed away here recently <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/olgvdNoyZg\">pic.twitter.com\/olgvdNoyZg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/atrupar\/status\/2085094737757794385?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The booing began after Lombardo said Abdelnabi&#8217;s name. The governor then said, &#8220;No, no, we&#8217;re not booing him. He&#8217;s the officer that passed away here recently.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lombardo then held a moment of silence in Abdelnabi&#8217;s memory.<\/p>\n<p>Abdelnabi was shot and killed while responding to a call about an armed suspect at the 4500 block of East Tropicana Avenue in Las Vegas just before 4:00 p.m. on August 4. Abdelnabi was transported to a local hospital, where he later died. The suspect died at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Abdelnabi&#8217;s mother <strong>Amy Harvey<\/strong> told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reviewjournal.com\/crime\/homicides\/he-gave-selflessly-mother-honors-metro-officer-killed-in-line-of-duty-3859628\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Las Vegas Review-Journal<\/em><\/a>, &#8220;He said he enjoyed working with the homeless, to make a difference. He gave selflessly to his job.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Per the newspaper&#8217;s recounting, the suspect &#8220;immediately opened fire upon officers&#8221; upon arrival.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper also reported the officer&#8217;s brother, <strong>Ryan Abdelnabi<\/strong>, wrote on social media, &#8220;There are moments in life that change you forever. Tonight is one of them. My brother was taken from us in the line of duty.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s impossible to put into words the emptiness I feel knowing I\u2019ll never hear his voice again, never get another phone call, never make another memory together. A piece of my heart left with him tonight,&#8221; Ryan also wrote.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\/media\/news\/were-not-booing-him-nevada-governor-admonishes-trump-rally-crowd-for-jeering-the-name-austin-abdelnabi-a-fallen-police-officer\/\">\u2018We\u2019re Not Booing Him!\u2019 Nevada Governor Admonishes Trump Rally Crowd for Jeering the Name Austin Abdelnabi \u2014 A Fallen Police Officer<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mediaite.com\">Mediaite<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter\/X Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo was forced to admonish a crowd of supporters of President Donald Trump after they began to boo at the mention of the name Austin Abdelnabi, a police officer who was shot and killed in the line of duty. 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