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ONLY ON 8: Officer Herrera’s widow talks final moments and roadblocks to healing
Carrie Herrera is opening up to Channel 8 News about the intimate moments and memories surrounding her husband s tragic death last year.
January 13, 2021 11:00 am
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – Carrie Herrera, widow of Lincoln Police Investigator Mario Herrera, who was shot in the line of duty in August and died in September, is opening up for the first time since his passing.
For most of Lincoln and the state of Nebraska, Investigator Herrera’s passing was just a few days of grief and remembrance, thoughts and prayers.
But for his family, the last five months have been filled with mountains and molehills and continues to be interrupted by a series of roadblocks.
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Mario Herrera’s widow not receiving full benefits from city, attorney says
An attorney representing the Herrera family says they are prepared to file a lawsuit against the city if an amendment to a city ordinance isn t passed.
December 18, 2020 4:57 pm
LINCOLN, Neb. (KLKN) – An attorney representing the family of Lincoln Police Investigator Mario Herrera, who was killed in the line of duty in September, says a city ordinance is blocking the family from obtaining Herrera’s full pension benefits.
A city ordinance passed in 1994 states that police officers or firefighters who are under a certain pension plan and are killed in the line of duty, can’t receive full benefits from both the employee’s pension and workers compensation.
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The Tunnels to Tower Foundation announced on Saturday that they paid off the mortgage of fallen LPD Investigator Luis “Mario” Herrera’s family’s home as part of its 2020 Season of Hope.
Lincoln Police Investigator Mario Herrera was shot in late August 2020 while trying to serve a warrant. He passed away in early September.
In 2019, Tunnel to Towers provided 24 mortgage-free homes to fallen first responders and their families throughout the month of December. This year, the Foundation will be provide 36 Gold Star families and families of fallen first responders and catastrophically-injured veterans with mortgage-free homes through the end of the year.