Participants navigate the Memorial Medical Center campus in Las Cruces for the hospital’s 1-mile remembrance walk in honor of slain Las Cruces police officer Jonah Hernandez, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
Courtesy photo by Memorial Medical Center
A police officer joins community members in a 1-mile remembrance walk at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, honoring slain LCPD officer Jonah Hernandez, Feb. 14, 2024.
Courtesy photo by Memorial Medical Center
Participants navigate the Memorial Medical Center campus in Las Cruces for the hospital’s 1-mile remembrance walk in honor of slain Las Cruces police officer Jonah Hernandez, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
Courtesy photo by Memorial Medical Center
Participants navigate the Memorial Medical Center campus in Las Cruces for the hospital’s 1-mile remembrance walk in honor of slain Las Cruces police officer Jonah Hernandez, on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024.
Memorial Medical Center on Wednesday joined the nonprofit Running4Heroes in organizing a 1-mile walk in remembrance of slain Las Cruces police officer Jonah Hernandez.
Approximately 100 participants set off at 5:30 p.m., timed to coincide with a tribute walk Running4Heroes organized in Florida at 7:30 p.m. Eastern standard time. The route began at the entrance to the hospital’s annex on the west side of campus and comprised four laps around the hospital on the sidewalk.
Hernandez was killed while responding to a trespassing call early Sunday evening, Feb. 11, according to LCPD. His assailant was killed by a witness who had also been attacked, police have stated. A candlelight vigil is planned for tonight at Albert Johnson Park near Branigan Memorial Library and city hall at 896 N. Main Street, at 6 p.m. The event will also be livestreamed.
