MDSO deputies hold ceremony for 2 fallen officers at Doral cemetery amid month of tributes

A South Florida organization is honoring fallen heroes who have made the ultimate sacrifice in their district News cameras captured a caravan of Miami-Dade Sheriff s Office cruisers and other police vehicles entering Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Cemetery Wednesday morning May is the month of Project HERO when law enforcement officers honor every resting officer killed in the line of duty At the graves deputies placed American thin blue line flags next to two gravestones of fallen officers One belongs to Metro-Dade Police Detective Evelyn Gonzalez Gort who was shot and killed in Coconut Grove after exchanging gunfire with a person who robbed her in The other tomb is of Metro-Dade Police Police Officer Jose Teodoro Gonzalez who was killed in when his cruiser was struck by a truck in Miami We ve invariably got to remember what they did They paid the ultimate sacrifice reported MDSO Detective Dael Vargas In police officers were killed in Miami-Dade County alone Vargas disclosed the job is tough Very hard unique title because you lose a lot of time with the family he explained But these law enforcement officers threat their lives every day to keep their communities safe We do it because we love our population revealed Vargas