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Officials with the New Mexico State Police gave more details about the fatal shooting of an officer in February. On February 4 New Mexico State Police officer Darian Jarrott initiated a traffic stop on a white Chevrolet pickup on Interstate 10 eastbound, near mile marker 102 east of Deming, New Mexico. During the traffic stop, Jarrott asked the driver, identified as 39-year-old Omar Felix Cueva of Deming to exit the vehicle. Cueva exited the driver’s side holding an AR-15-style rifle and fired at least one shot at officer Jarrott as he was walking to the rear of the vehicle. Officer...

Newly released footage shows the chilling moment a New Mexico cop is gunned down during a traffic stop. The video from the dashcam of state police Officer Darrian Jarrott’s squad car shows the state cop approaching a Chevy pickup truck on Interstate-10 on Feb. 4 and questioning the driver, who was pulled over for having overly dark tinted windows. During a peaceful exchange that lasts several minutes, the driver identifies himself as Omar Felix Cueva and admits he has a firearm in the vehicle, according to news reports. New Mexico State Police shows Officer Darian Jarrott. New Mexico State Police...