LAS VEGAS, NV (KXNT) - Las Vegas-area residents are invited to visit the Clark County Government Center to sign banners expressing support for injured Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Officer Shay Mikalonis.
The banners will be available through Thursday in the Rotunda of the Clark County Government Center in downtown Las Vegas at 500 S. Grand Central Parkway.
Mikalonis, a Las Vegas native, was shot June 1 near Circus Circus during a George Floyd protest. His family indicated that he is paralyzed from the neck down and is hospitalized at University Medical Center.
Prosecutors have charged a 20-year-old man with deliberately shooting Mikalonis during a Black Lives Matter protest. A judge who reviewed evidence at June 5th court hearing said that police video shows Edgar Samaniego “walking by, taking out a gun and firing ... at officers.”
Samaniego is charged with attempted murder, battery and firearms charges and is being held in lieu of $1 million. An appointed public defender, Scott Coffee, said after the hearing that Samaniego will plead not guilty.
His preliminary hearing is set for July 30th.