Local barbershop to hold fundraiser for fallen Charlotte County Sergeant

Reporter: Olivia Jean Writer: Tim Belizaire
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Get a haircut and support the family of fallen Charlotte County Sergeant Elio Diaz. Pioneer Cuts Barber Shop in Port Charlotte will donate 100 percent of the proceeds from every customer who comes in Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Eddie Canillas owns Pioneer Cuts. He said that his familial connection with law enforcement made the loss of Sergeant Diaz hit home.

“Got a lot of family members on NYPD in New York,” said Canillas. “Doesn’t matter. A person’s a person, but it just touches home a little more knowing that he goes out there and does this for a living to make things better for us, and look what happened.”

Pioneer Cuts is located near Kings Highway on 41 in Charlotte Harbor. The address is 4560 Tamiami Trail.

Sergeant Elio Diaz died on Dec. 15 when the person he pulled over shot and killed him during a traffic stop.

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