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Bank account set up for family of officer killed in Las Vegas shooting

National Youth Sports coach Charleston Hartfield was a member of the Nevada National Guard and an off-duty Metro Police officer when he was killed at the Route 91 Harvest Festival concert.
People attend a candlelight vigil for Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield, who was killed while off-duty in a mass shooting, at Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas police officers embrace during a candlelight vigil for officer Charleston Hartfield, who was killed while off-duty in a mass shooting, at Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
People attend a candlelight vigil for Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield, who was killed while off-duty in a mass shooting, at Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Las Vegas police officers react during a candlelight vigil for Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield, who was killed while off-duty in a mass shooting, at Police Memorial Park in Las Vegas on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. Chase Stevens Las Vegas Review-Journal @csstevensphoto
Police officers salute the casket of Metropolitan Police Department officer Charleston Hartfield, Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, as his casket arrives at Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas. Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer, was killed in the mass shooting on the Strip. Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-Journal @chitosephoto
Pallbearers carry the casket of Metropolitan Police Department officer Charleston Hartfield on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, as his casket arrives at Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas. Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer, was killed in the mass shooting on the Strip. Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-Journal @chitosephoto
Veronica Hartfield, right, wife of Metropolitan Police Department officer Charleston Hartfield, hugs an officer on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2017, as her husband's casket arrives at Palm Downtown Mortuary and Cemetery in Las Vegas. Hartfield, an off-duty Las Vegas police officer, was killed in the mass shooting on the Strip. Chitose Suzuki Las Vegas Review-Journal @chitosephoto
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By Rio Lacanlale Las Vegas Review-Journal
October 16, 2017 - 1:10 pm
 

An official bank account has been created for the family of fallen Las Vegas police officer Charleston Hartfield.

The Metropolitan Police Department officer and recently published author of a memoir about life on the force was fatally shot during the mass shooting at the Route 91 country music festival.

The account, set up by the Injured Police Officers Fund, was announced Monday. To ensure that donations directly benefit Hartfield’s family, Metro asks donations be made to #3089445211 at Wells Fargo.

Hartfield was a 34-year-old military veteran known as Charles, Chucky or “ChuckyHart.” He was a sergeant first class in the Nevada Army National Guard, assigned to the 100th Quartermaster Company, based in Las Vegas. Brig. Gen. William Burks, adjutant general of the Nevada Army National Guard, called him “the epitome of a citizen-soldier.”

Contact Rio Lacanlale at rlacanlale@reviewjournal.com or 702-383-0381. Follow @riolacanlale on Twitter.

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