Patrolman Darian Jarrott was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop of a known offender in Luna County, NM
The driver of the vehicle was the subject of an ongoing narcotics investigation and was en route to drug deal in Las Cruces. Patrolman Jarrott was assisting the United States Homeland Security Investigations Division when he stopped the vehicle. The suspect opened fire on Patrolman Jarrott, fatally wounding him, before fleeing the scene.
Other officers began pursuing the vehicle and deployed spike strips and then conducted a precision immobilization technique, to stop the vehicle. The subject exited the vehicle and exchanged fire with a Las Cruces officer, wounding him. The Las Cruces officer and other responding officers returned fire and killed the subject.
Patrolman Jarrott had served with the New Mexico State Police for 5-1/2 years. He is survived by his expectant wife and three children.