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A homeless man with a history of mental illness and criminal convictions killed a New Mexico cop — seconds before he was gunned down by a witness, police said Tuesday.
Las Cruces Officer Jonah Hernandez, 35, was responding to a trespassing call at a business around 5 p.m. Sunday when he was pounced on by repeat offender Armando Silva.
When he arrived, Armando Silva immediately attacked him with a large kitchen knife,” Police Chief Jeremy Story said at a press conference.
“For no reason whatsoever, Silva killed Officer Hernandez.”
Silva, 29, then turned his ire on a bystander who had grabbed a firearm from their car after witnessing the “unprovoked attack,” Story said.
The witness fired at least one gunshot, killing Silva.
They then used Hernandez's radio to call for help. The cop was rushed to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
Hernandez's death marks the first of an officer in the line of duty for the Las Cruces Police Department.
The homeless man's criminal history included a 2015 conviction for kidnapping and aggravated battery with great bodily harm against a household member, which resulted in a prison sentence. Silva violated his probation multiple times and was sent back to prison in the following years, Story said.
Hernandez was a two-year veteran of the Las Cruces police force, having graduated from the academy in June 2022 with the department's largest graduating class.
Police do not plan to recommend charges against the witness, who has not been identified, for gunning down Silva.
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Absolutely kills me that this guy had a family and he was likely trying to treat the guy nicely so he didnt react like THIS
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Wow. A picture says a thousand words. He obviously hired on at a later age, being 35 yrs old and 2 years in service. I'm assuming he didn't work as an officer previous to this 2 year stint.
I hate to "Monday morning QB", but I wonder if his inexperience cost him his life. Just compare this to that video on here where the officer has an individual pulled over on a residential street. A car pulls up alongside the officer, stops and starts, gets a few feet beyond the officer, whereby the guy jumps out of his vehicle with a weapon (I believe an a or hammer), turns and runs towards the officer. This officer was older, lots more years on the force, alot more experience. He immediately had his weapon out and unloaded on the guy, stopping him dead in his tracks a mere foot or two from himself. It was actually textbook and I'm certain they're showing this video in police academies across the US. Very similar scenarios, unfortunately, very different outcomes.
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This, dinkheller, that cop who got killed on the other side of the white truck. They unfortunately and fortunately will be used as examples on what not to do. You really do run the risk of letting a murderer run loose in public if you yourself die. Some people aren't able to make the connection that "its just me right now, only I can save myself." That's probably what happened here.
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