Homeless man with 'violent' history fatally stabs New Mexico cop before witness guns him down: 'For no reason whatsoever'

[Leroy N. Soetoro]

https://nypost.com/2024/02/13/news/new-mexico-cop-jonah-hernandez-fatally-
stabbed-by-armando-silva/

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.

According to Story: “Silva had a long history of violent crime and mental
illness.”

The homeless man’s criminal history includes 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.

He leaves behind his wife, Yesenia Lopez, and two sons, 10-year-old
Sebastian Jonah and 2-year-old Joaquin Leonel.

Hernandez was the 14th officer killed in the line of duty in the US this
year, according to the Officer Down Memorial Page, but the first ever
killed on the Las Cruces force in its 96-year history.

The department mourned Hernandez with a lengthy police escort Tuesday that
traveled the 46 miles to the fallen officer’s home of El Paso.

“We, as a law enforcement agency, are still trying to process the sudden
and senseless death of one of our officers,” said Story. “This isn’t
something you practice or are accustomed to.

“Officer Jonah Hernandez was a compassionate and dedicated officer who was
out doing his job while most of us were watching the Super Bowl. Jonah was
attacked while making contact with the subject of a trespassing call. This
sudden and unprovoked attack took the life of an officer, a husband, a
father, brother, son, a friend and a great young man.”

Police do not plan to recommend charges against the witness, who has not
been identified, for gunning down Silva.


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