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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.