Watertown taco truck donating to families of fallen Onondaga County officers

WATERTOWN, N.Y. (WWTI) — It’s something she felt like she had to do.

Ashley Di Bella is the owner of Elm Street Tacos, a food truck based in Jefferson County.

Di Bella has decided to go all in to help the families of fallen Onondaga County Sheriff’s Deputy Lieutenant Michael Hoosock and Syracuse City Police Officer Michael Jensen. These two officers were killed in a shooting in Salina, New York on April 14.

“This weekend we are donating 10% of all of our sales to the fallen officers in Onondaga County,” Di Bella explained. “This is a tragic time for all the officers, families, anybody who supports law enforcement. It’s not a great time for us. But we will come out on top.”

Elm Street Tacos will be at Sally Port View in Three Mile Bay on Friday, and Local 315 Brewing Company in Warners on Saturday.

However, their big event will be on Monday, April 22. Elm Street will donate its food and services at the funeral of Fallen Lieutenant Hoosack.

“We are putting 100% of our own resources,” Di Bella explained. “We’re offering our truck free of charge to anybody who is down at the memorial services.”

This was something Di Bella felt like she had to do for the victim’s families, as the tragedy hit close to home.

“My husband is in federal law enforcement,” she said. “So anything to do with law enforcement supporting them, fallen officers. It definitely hits close to home. And we want to make sure that we can help in any way we can.”

So while her husband stands side-by-side with law enforcement at the funeral on Monday, Ashley will back the families and community in the way she knows best.

“It’s an emotional roller coaster. It’s emotional because of the event that we’re doing. We try to do positive events,” she expressed. “We know this one is going to be a very sad event. But if we are able to give back to the community, give back to the police officers that are going to be there, their families, then that’s what we’re here for.”

Backing their law enforcement community in any way they can.