Funeral held for fallen Las Cruces police officer

family friends and a community said their final farewell to a Los cruus police officer killed in the line of duty officer Jonah Hernandez was stabbed to death on a call earlier this month Hernandez is the first officer in the Los cruus Police Department's nearly 100-year history to die in the line of duty and law enforcement from all across the country came to honor his life and sacrifice today Monica agono has been following this story since we first learned of Officer Hernandez's death Monica

and today we heard from his widow Tessa Julie hundreds of people heard what she had to say about her husband and the father of her children it was an emotional day for everyone involved officer Jon Hernandez's wife yenia Lopez said no matter what even through the normal ups and downs of life and marriage their home was always filled with joy Jonah and I shared over 11 years together we enjoyed life like we were kids it was a Non-Stop adventure with my best friend Wednesday family brothers and si

sters in uniform and the community paid their respects as they remembered and honored Las Cruz's patrol officer Jonah Hernandez our entire Community Grieves and there is a hollow feeling in the hearts of New Mexicans and in El Paso the events of that day will leave a scar on our city that will never fully heal February 11th officer ernandes was responding to a trespassing call on South Valley Drive when they say 29-year-old Armando Silva stabbed him to death Las Cruz's police chief Jeremy story

says a witness saw the unprovoked attack and confronted Silva the witness shot and killed Silva as he tried to attack him Jerry Hernandez officer Hernandez's father wrote a letter that was read during the funeral I recall asking him why why would you give up a lucrative high-paying job to become a police officer especially in today's climate his response was quick and pure he said that becoming a police officer had always been his passion and his dream Hernandez is survived by his wife yenia Lop

ez and his two sons 11-year-old Sebastian Jonah and 2-year-old hin Leonel Sebastian congratul congratulations for turning 11 on Sunday your dad would have been very proud walking probably won't remember this moment at all remember to keep your father's memory alive by regularly talking with your family and asking about him your little brother waen will one day ask you to tell him about his dad yenia emphasized ernandez was not only dedicated to being a police officer above everything he was a lo

ving father and husband and I'm so happy that our boys will never Wonder or doubt if he loved them because he expressed his love to them each day through his actions and his kind words being a dad overshadowed every accomplished he ever made following the service hundreds gathered at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Cemetery for Hernandez's final dispatch dispatch the Las cruus police officer Jonah Hernandez 35 years old and a 2-year veteran with the Las cruus police department has given his life in the

line of duty while serving his community with courage and Valor officer Hernandez the mission set forth has been completed may you find Eternal peace knowing that your strength and Legacy will endured in the hearts of those that you have left behind officer Hernandez thank you for your service BL crus police 989 you are clear for End of Watch 10:42 107 we have it from here God speed sir officer ernandez was just 35 years old he was with les Cruz's police since June 2022 the funeral was held in

El Paso where ernandez and his wife are both from Tessa Julie