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Border Stories: New Mexico police officer shot in the head during routine stop in February, new video shows
[FoxNews] A New Mexico police officer was tragically shot and killed during a traffic stop that set off a 40-mile chase earlier this year, ending with the suspect also dying in a shootout with police. Officer Darian Jarrott initiated the February traffic stop on Omar Felix Cueva, who police say was on his way to Las Cruces for a drug deal. Police said Cueva had a "violent criminal history," including drug charges involving cocaine and meth. When Officer Jarrott, who was speaking to Cueva through the passenger window, asked him to step out of the vehicle, Cueva got out of the pickup truck with an AR-15-style rifle and fired a shot at Jarrott. Jarrott fell to the ground, at which point Cueva fired several more shots at him, including one at point-blank range to the back of the head. Less than a minute after Cueva fled the scene, a Homeland Security Investigations agent arrived on the scene and notified dispatch that Jarrott was down. A 40-mile chase ensued as officers from New Mexico State Police, the Cruces Police Department, the Dona Ana County Sheriff’s Office, and U.S. Border Patrol pursued Cueva, exchanging gunfire along the way. Law enforcement eventually stopped Cueva by blowing out his tires with tire deflation devices. Before Cueva's pickup truck even came to a stop, bystander video shows him exit his vehicle with a pistol and open fire on officers, who returned fire and killed Cueva. Related: New Mexico: 2021-04-07 Rep. Alcee Hastings dies, narrowing Democratic House majority to just 7 New Mexico: 2021-04-04 M. Murcek's chili narrative and recipe... (public service chili recipe - no link) New Mexico: 2021-04-01 Smugglers, under cover of night, scaled a 14 ft. border barrier and cruelly dropped 2 young children in the middle of the New Mexico desert Posted by: Skidmark 2021-04-11 |
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