DEMING, New Mexico — A New Mexico State Police officer and a suspect are dead after a shootout erupted during a traffic stop on Interstate 10 near Deming, authorities said.
NMSP said Officer Darian Jarrott, 28, was in the area assisting in a Homeland Security investigation, when he stopped a white pickup truck driven by 39-year-old Omar Felix Cueva near mile marker 101.
Cueva then fired at Jarrott, killing the officer, police said.
After Cueva fled the scene, another state police officer spotted the suspect near mile marker 116. Cueva pulled over and again began shooting at police, who fired back, authorities said.
Cueva died at the scene, authorities said.
A Las Cruces police officer also suffered a gunshot wound and was flown to a Texas hospital, where he was treated for non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
Jarrott is survived by three small children and had been expecting a fourth.