Road to recovery for wounded Orlando officer Kevin Valencia

ORLANDO, Fla. — As a wounded Orlando police officer recovers from a gunshot wound, a community event will help raise money for him and his family this weekend.

Orlando Police tweeted Friday that Officer Kevin Valencia underwent a successful surgery Friday. Valencia has been recovering at an Atlanta rehabilitation facility.

The Bleeding Blue Fundraising Event will raise money for Officer Valencia Sunday, Aug. 26 from noon to 8 p.m. at the Post Time lounge in Longwood. Organizers are asking for a $10 donation.

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The event will include performances from several bands, a silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and more, organizers said.

Valencia was shot in the line of duty June 11 while responding to a domestic incident that turned into a standoff in which four children and the suspect, Gary Lindsey, died.

Officers said Lindsey shot Valencia through the door of the home at the Westbrook Apartment Complex near Universal.

Read: Orlando Officer Kevin Valencia responsive, moving to new treatment facility, family says

Valencia’s road to recovery is long, but he is already beating the odds.

After more than two weeks at Orlando Regional Medical Center, Valencia was transferred to the Shepherd Center in Atlanta in late June after showing signs of improvement.

"I know they said he was not expected to live, but he actually wasn't, so the fact that his moving and responding is truly a miracle," Valencia's wife Meghan said about two weeks after the shooting. "You choose to spend the rest of your life with this person. The idea that that can still happen – no words can even express how ecstatic I was."

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