WATCH: Family of slain NMSP officer say he ‘proudly wore the badge’ and ‘loved his children’
DEMING, New Mexico The family of slain New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott on Saturday made their first public comments since his death at the hands of a man who authorities described as a violent criminal during a traffic stop in Deming earlier this week.
NMSP Chief Robert Thornton stood alongside grieving family members as two of them spoke to the media at the State Police headquarters in Deming.
Gabriella Jarrott, former wife and mother of two of the fallen 28-year-old officer s three small children, told reporters: Our children have lost their best friend.
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State Police officer and father of three Darian Jarrott was shot and killed while conducting a traffic stop near Deming.
Jarrott’s family said they’ll always remember him as man with deep New Mexico and law enforcement roots, and a devoted father.
“Our family remembers Darian as a happy, outgoing and loveable person regardless of what life threw at him. He was always smiling. He loved with all his heart. Most of all, he loved his children,” said State Police officer David Taranga, Jarrott’s uncle.
In addition to Jarrott and his uncle, Jarrott’s mother used to serve as a NMSP administrator, and his sister is the transportation inspector with NMSP.
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