Consumer Law
The Widow of a Murdered Police Officer Sues New Mexico’s Department of Public Safety
It’s been four months since New Mexico State Police Officer Darian Jarrott was killed during a traffic stop in February near Deming. His widow has just filed a wrongful death lawsuit claiming her husband died because of the department’s negligence.
Gabriella Jarrott filed the lawsuit against the state’s Department of Public Safety on behalf of her children and as the representative of Jarrott’s estate. The death of 28-year-old Ofc. Jarrot continues to be a story about a young father and husband gone far too soon.
Officer Jarrott was killed on February 4 on Interstate 10 near Deming, by Omar Felix Cueva during a traffic stop. “They didn’t even give Officer Jarrot a fighting chance,” said the attorney for the Jarrott family Sam Bregman.
