Shelly Hudson, left, shows shirts to Carrie Zeidman and her husband, Bob, of Las Vegas, during a fundraiser for wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
Bob Zeidman of Las Vegas writes on a banner in support for wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
People attend a fundraiser for wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
A Mercy Air helicopter flies over a fundraiser in support for wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis during a fundraiser for his family at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
Frank Mikalonis, left, uncle of wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis, and Shay’s stepfather Patrick Neville, stand in front of a Mercy Air helicopter which did a fly over a fundraiser in support for Shay at Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
A man signs a banner in support of wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
Patrick Neville, stepfather of wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis, stands in front of a Mercy Air helicopter which did a fly over a fundraiser in support for his nephew at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
A banner in support for wounded Las Vegas police officer Shay Mikalonis during a fundraiser for his family at the Big B’s Texas BBQ in Henderson, Thursday, June 18, 2020. (Erik Verduzco / Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Erik_Verduzco
“It’s going very well,” said Erik Lloyd, president of the Injured Police Officers Fund, which organized the Henderson Helps fundraiser.
The event was held at Big B’s Texas BBQ, 3019 St. Rose Parkway, all day Thursday.
“There’s been a huge response,” Lloyd said. “A lot of people have showed up. A really great response.”
Mikalonis was shot in the head at the conclusion of a Black Lives Matter protest on the Las Vegas Strip on June 1. He suffered a severe spinal cord injury and is paralyzed from the neck down.
Money raised from the fundraiser, and two others like it held over the past week, will be used by the Mikalonis family for travel, hotel and care expenses not covered by workers’ compensation.
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