Officer Ortiz laid to rest

“motorcycles revving up funeral services for el paso police officer david ortiz are finished for the day. his body now in its final resting place. tonight, a show of support from loved ones and complete strangers. all grateful for everything officer ortiz did for el paso during his nine years as a police officer. good evening everyone and thank you for joing us tonight on abc-seven at six. i’m estela cas. and i’m rick cabrera. officer david ortiz was in the hospital for four days after he was hit by a car. he died on monday. police say officer ortiz was stopped at a red light and rear-ended by a car at lee trevino and vista del sol. police the impact of the car hitting ortiz sent him into another car. as we heard from witnesses, so many people got out of their cars and did what they could to help the officer. today, even more people came out to show the 9-year veteran of the el paso police forec that he won’t be forgotten. officer ortiz was laid to rest this afternoon, exactly a year after another officer was killed in a similar crash. abc-7’s darren hunt is live at mount carmel cemetery with our top story. rick and estela, ortiz was a nine year el paso police veteran who previously served on the police forces in horizon and socorro. he leaves behind a wife, two children, and an overwhelming band of brothers in blue. take pkg: “there is a woman without husband today and two children without a father …” “it is a terrible thing to se that happening in our community … we hope that it doesn’t happen again, but i know in faith we’ll just pull together, we need to pray for them.” a year to the da after officer adrian arrellano was killed, officer david ortiz was memorialized by father fabian marquez. “unfortunately this is not my first funeral for one of our men in uniform but it’s a sad thing for el paso and also our guys.” “how is the family? “they seem to be well all thing considered but they are faithful people and that has pulled them through.” after the funeral service, ortiz’s body was taken to mount carmel cemetery for burial. where doves were released as part of the graveside service. “we’re really gonna miss him .. all our prayers go out to his wife, his kids and all his family.” “even though we’re not police officers yet we still feel the same thing you know.” ricardo feliz, a member of the law enforcement explorers, hopes to be a police officer someday. “the reason that i join is so that no other family has to go through this again … i don’t want any son or wife to have to lose a husband or someone else. i want to prevent other people from having to go to funerals.” the crowds today for officer ortiz were massive. one officer calling it the largest crowd he’s ever seen for an el paso officer’s funeral. more than a dozen law enforcement agencies were represented, including motorcycle officer whos traveled all the way from houston. rick and estela. if you take a look at what our tex-dot traffic cameras show just after 2