LVMPD Lieutenant Erik Lloyd, who died of COVID-19 in July of this year, photo submitted by family Mon, Nov. 30, 2020.
Wednesday, June 2, 2021 | 3:28 p.m.
Minddie Lloyd wiped tears away as she held up a street sign Wednesday with the name of her late husband printed on it.
The Las Vegas City Council voted unanimously to change the name of South Tee Pee Lane in northwest Las Vegas to South Erik Lloyd Street in honor of the 30-year Metro Police veteran who died of coronavirus in July.
“My family is very humbled for this dedication, and we accept this on behalf of all of our law enforcement, our men and women who fight and protect us on the streets every day,” Minddie Lloyd said at the City Council podium.
The street sign was presented by Robert Flaxa, director of community development for Lennar Homes, the company that owns the lots along South Erik Lloyd Street.
Lloyd, a Metro lieutenant, was president of the Injured Police Officers Fund, a nonprofit that raises money for families of police officers injured or killed in the line of duty.
The Metro Police Department released a statement shortly after his death saying Erik Lloyd was considered killed in the line of duty.
South Erik Lloyd Street, which stretches from Iron Mountain Road to Brent Lane, is in the Sunstone Community, a new master-planned development in northwest Las Vegas near U.S. 95 and North Skye Canyon Park Drive.
The community is home to Alyn Beck Memorial Park, which opened in January 2020 in honor of a Metro Police officer shot and killed by anti-government extremists seven years ago in northeast Las Vegas.
