Las Vegas police officer shot during demonstration paralyzed from neck down, family says

Officer Shay Mikalonis was shot in the head on June 1. His family says he is is on a ventilator and unable to speak.

Monday, June 15, 2020

A Las Vegas police officer who was shot June 1 during a George Floyd demonstration is paralyzed from the neck down, his family says.

LAS VEGAS -- A Las Vegas police officer who was shot during a George Floyd demonstration is paralyzed from the neck down, his family says.

Officer Shay Mikalonis was shot in the head on June 1. His family says he is on a ventilator and unable to speak.

He has been tentatively accepted to a spine rehabilitation center.

A 20-year-old man is charged in the shooting.

Multiple officers were shot at during separate incidents across the country, with one of them now fighting for his life.

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