ACTION SEVEN. NEWS AT TEN STARTS RIGHT NOW. FRIENDS, FAMILY, AND A COMMUNITY HONORING A FALLEN OFFICER KILLED IN THE LINE OF DUTY DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST WEEK. SASHA LENNINGER WENT TO THE VIGIL AND HEARD HOW JUSTIN HARE WAS SPECIAL TO SO MANY. A SMALL TOWN COMMUNITY. FEELING THE LOSS OF A TRUE HERO. HERE IT WAS MY COACH. HE WAS A GOOD MAN. HE ALWAYS BEAT ME UP AND WILL. HE WAS A GOOD MAN AND ANYONE THAT NEEDED HELP. HE WAS THERE. NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE OFFICER JUSTIN HARE, WEARING A UNIFORM AND A BADGE FOR FIVE YEARS AND DURING THAT TIME PERIOD TOUCHED THE LIVES OF SO MANY PEOPLE. WE WILL MISS YOU. WE WILL MISS OUR HOLIDAY TO GET TOGETHERS WITH YOU. WHERE WE WOULD LAUGH AND HAVE LONG CONVERSATIONS. I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING DOWN ON US RIGHT NOW. I KNOW HOW MUCH WE LOVE YOU OFFICER HARE WAS A SPOUSE, BROTHER, SON, FRIEND AND A FATHER TO TWO YOUNG GIRLS WITH A THIRD CHILD ON THE WAY. WE’RE THE FIRST ONES ON SCENE TO FIND OFFICER HARE. I WANT YOU ALL TO KNOW, ESPECIALLY EVERYBODY THAT KNOWS HIM, AND WORK WITH OFFICER HARE IN DISTRICT NINE AND HIS FELLOW BROTHERS AND SISTERS. REST ASSURED THAT OFFICER HARE DID NOT DIE ALONE ON THAT COLD, DARK MORNING. WE KNEW THAT OFFICER WAS THERE. HE WAS LISTENING TO US, AND I KNOW HIS HIS BROTHERS AND HIS SISTER WERE THERE WITH HIM. HIS PHOTO MANNING THE ENTRANCE OF DISTRICT NINE, THE AREA HE PROUDLY SERVED EVERY DAY AND NIGHT. NEW MEXICO HAVING TO SAY GOODBYE TO OFFICER HARE WAY TOO SOON. A HERO IS SOMEONE WHO’S BRAVE, PERFORMS ACTIONS WITHOUT ANY EXPECTATION OF REWARD. SOMEONE WHO RUNS TOWARDS DANGER. A PERSON WHO IS SELFLESS AND DETERMINED TO SPREAD THE GOOD IN THE WORLD. THAT IS EVERYTHING. OFFICER JUSTIN HARE EMBODIED IN AND OUT OF UNIFORM, BUT HE HAS GIANT WINGS IN HEAVEN. HE IS FLYING AND HE IS FULLY EQUIPPED AND HE’S FULLY EQUIPPED TO SERVE AND HE MIGHT BE GONE, BUT YOU GOT ANGELS ON YOUR BACKS. THIS MAN WILL ALWAYS BE HERE FOR YOU. REST EASY. OFFICER. HERE IN TUCUMCARI, I’M SASHA LENNINGER KOAT ACTION SEVEN NEWS. THE OFFICER’S FUNERAL WILL BE WEDNESDAY THE 27TH AT LEGACY CHURCH ON CENTRAL IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 11 AND IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.