Governor Orders Flags Lowered For Fallen New Mexico Officer

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Gov. Susana Martinez has ordered flags across the state to be lowered in an honor of a police officer killed last week in Hatch. Martinez says the senseless killing of Officer Jose Chavez during a traffic stop Friday is a tragic reminder of the dangers law enforcement officers face every day. Flags will be flown at half-staff on Wednesday. Funeral services for Chavez, who was 33 and a father of two, are set for Sunday in Las Cruces, his hometown. Authorities say he was a two-year veteran of the Hatch Police Department. Jesse Denver Hanes, of Columbus, Ohio, faces a first-degree murder charge in Chavez's death. Authorities say Hanes also is a suspect in Ohio in the death of a 62-year-old man near Chillicothe.