Created: February 05, 2021 02:57 PM
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.- The loss of New Mexico State Police officer Darian Jarrott is hitting many New Mexico communities hard.
He was killed Thursday while conducting a traffic stop near Deming. It’s like we’ve lost family, said Maureen Thornock, a family friend of the officer.
Jarrott’s father is a manager at her Lordsburg restaurant.
Thornock said the entire town was in shock when they learned Jarrott was killed in the line of duty. The whole town is just devastated, she said. I don’t think you’ll find anybody that did not know Darian, that does not know the family.”