Las Vegas residents invited to sign banners for injured officer

Metropolitan Police Department Officer Shay Mikalonis was wounded in a shooting following a Black Lives Matter protest on the Las Vegas Strip, June 1, 2020. (Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department)

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By Briana Erickson / Las Vegas Review-Journal

June 15, 2020 - 6:30 pm

Those wanting to show support for wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis may do so at the Clark County Government Center.

Through June 25, banners will be available to sign in the rotunda of the downtown Las Vegas government complex at 500 S. Grand Central Parkway.

Mikalonis was working on the Strip on June 1 when he was shot in front of Circus Circus at the conclusion of a Black Lives Matter protest.

He is paralyzed from the neck down and is hospitalized at University Medical Center, a Metropolitan Police Department Twitter account announced on Saturday.

Contact Briana Erickson at berickson@reviewjournal.com or 702-387-5244. Follow @ByBrianaE on Twitter.

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