Man Who Killed Officer Was Rapper, Police Say

The man who killed a Las Vegas police officer responding to a domestic violence call was a rapper whose lyrics spoke of violence and hate, police said.

Rapper Amir Rashid Crump, 21, known as Trajik of the duo Desert Mobb, fatally shot Sgt. Henry Prendes, 37, who responded with a fellow officer to a home southwest of the Las Vegas Strip on Feb. 1, police say.

Crump is seen brandishing an assault rifle on the cover of the duo’s 2005 debut, “L.Y.T. C.Y.T.I.” Police say he fired an assault rifle at officers when they arrived at the scene. Crump was killed in the shootout.

“The guy who killed Henry was not talking [on his album] about wonderful things,” said Las Vegas police Capt. Gary Schofield, who formerly oversaw the police gang unit. “It was hatred and violence.”