{"id":10137,"date":"2019-05-02T20:02:10","date_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10137"},"modified":"2019-05-02T20:02:10","modified_gmt":"2019-05-02T20:02:10","slug":"los-fresnos-shows-support-for-injured-dps-officer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/?p=10137","title":{"rendered":"Los Fresnos Shows Support for Injured DPS Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Volunteers, DPS officers and area residents at the April 12 fundraiser in Los Fresnos. Photo: Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/p><\/div>\n

by Tony Vindell\/LFN<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

As trooper Moises Sanchez was recovering at a hospital from gunshot wounds, people from the Los Fresnos area and elsewhere held a barbecue fundraiser as a show of support for the officer\u2019s family.<\/p>\n

Hundreds of people responded to the drive held at the parking lot of the Zarsky Lumber Co. on Texas Highway 100.<\/p>\n

Sanchez, 48, was shot on the head on Saturday April 6 while responding to a vehicle accident on North 10th Street by a man identified as Victor Alejandro Godinez, 24.<\/p>\n

The BBQ was the idea of Martin Magallan, the lumber store general manager, who thought to sell 100 plates of chicken leg quarters accompanied with rice and beans.<\/p>\n

But as word spread out, the community responded with such a fervor that caught people by surprise.<\/p>\n

More than 400 plates were sold, some at times faster than hot cakes.<\/p>\n

At some point, people had to wait for the chicken to be cooked but that did not matter.<\/p>\n

Magallan said they were doing the fundraising for the trooper\u2019s grownup children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are glad for the support we got from the community,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also want to thank our sponsors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Among them Lopez Supermarkets, Ruben Ibarra Construction of Los Fresnos, Estrada Construction of Brownsville and B&H Services.<\/p>\n

Also, the Los Fresnos Fire Department and the local school district helped out.
\nThe fundraising made $4,000.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt feels good,\u201d Carlota Narvaez, who is the wife of Mayor Polo Narvaez, said. \u201cThis is about bringing people together for a good cause.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jessica Gomez agreed.<\/p>\n

\u201cEverybody is pulling together,\u201d she said. \u201cAnd doing this makes you feel a lot better,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Tony Vindell\/LFN As trooper Moises Sanchez was recovering at a hospital from gunshot wounds, people from the Los Fresnos area and elsewhere held a barbecue fundraiser as a show of support for the officer\u2019s family. Hundreds of people responded to the drive held at the parking lot of the Zarsky Lumber Co. on Texas […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":10139,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10137"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10146,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10137\/revisions\/10146"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10139"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/losfresnosnews.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}