Why did he go to the passenger side
to stay out of oncoming traffic and use the cars as protective barriers if some dummy crashes into the scene.
RIP Officer Jarrott. Some people are f'd up (censored police shooting)
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to stay out of oncoming traffic and use the cars as protective barriers if some dummy crashes into the scene.
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you could give the man the chance to escape .. to show his hand ..
before you let down your guard
Damn who was this shooter. This dude hopped out the car during a spin out and attacked immediately. He was MDK
and the cop was already out his car and heading toward the back by the time buddy came around with the hammer.
Crazy instincts from both parties.
The shooter was someone they unfroze in Demolition Man. Top Goon status
Man who killed officer had long criminal history
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- By: Elise Kaplan / Journal Staff Writer
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The man who police say shot and killed a New Mexico State Police officer during a traffic stop outside Deming on Thursday was on his way to Las Cruces for a drug deal.
Omar Felix Cueva, 39, was pulled over in his white Chevrolet pickup truck heading eastbound on Interstate 10 as part of an operation by State Police and Homeland Security Investigations.
Police say he fired at least one shot, killing Officer Darian Jarrott, before leading other officers on a chase, firing at them and blowing through a tire deflation device.
About 30 miles from where developments began, he shot a Las Cruces Police Department officer and multiple officers fired back, killing him. The LCPD officer was treated at a hospital in El Paso and released later that evening.
Roxanne Garcia-McElmell, a spokeswoman for the 3rd Judicial District Attorney’s Office in Doña Ana County, said they were told the suspect was wearing a bulletproof vest. A State Police spokesman has since said that’s not true.
It wasn’t the first time Cueva was reportedly involved in a high-speed chase during a drug transaction.
In September 2010, he was federally charged with possession with intent to distribute crystal methamphetamine in California. According to an article in the San Diego Union Tribune, Cueva and two other men led police on a chase – at times exceeding 100 miles per hour – on the interstate before crashing into a fence and fleeing into a nearby ravine.
The men were eventually arrested, and found to have a loaded assault rifle and a duffel bag containing 15 pounds of methamphetamine, worth about $252,000, according to the article.
Cueva pleaded guilty to three counts of using a cellphone to facilitate a drug offense and, in August 2011, was sentenced to 10 years in prison, according to court documents. It is unclear when or why he was released.
Cueva, who was living in the Deming area, does not have a criminal history in New Mexico and it’s unclear how long he has been in the state. Lt. Mark Soriano, a State Police spokesman, said Cueva had been charged with possession of a controlled substance twice, importation of a controlled substance – at least one of which was cocaine – three times, writing a fake check and burglary. He said the charges were accumulated between 2000 and 2010 in Southern California.
Details about what exactly HSI agents were looking for on Thursday and what Cueva was being investigated for remain sparse, but State Police Chief Robert Thornton had said in a late-night news conference Thursday that they knew he was traveling from the Deming area to Las Cruces “to engage in a drug interaction or a drug buy.”
Leticia Zamarripa, a spokeswoman for the Department Of Homeland Security, did not answer questions about the operation, or about whether authorities knew how dangerous Cueva was or what safety protocols were in place.
She did say State Police had been assisting HSI special agents – who focus on investigating transnational crime and threats – in “an enforcement operation in Deming, New Mexico, related to an ongoing narcotics investigation.”
“Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) extends its deepest condolences to our law enforcement partners at the New Mexico State Police for the tragic loss in the line of duty of Officer Darian Jarrott. We grieve along with the rest of our law enforcement community for this heroic officer who lost his life serving his state and protecting his community…,” Erik Breitzke, special agent in charge of HSI El Paso, said in a statement. “The community should also be thankful and proud of the courageous Las Cruces Police Department officer who was injured in Thursday’s shooting incident.”
Thursday night, Chief Thornton said investigators were serving search warrants on Cueva’s home. The 6th Judicial District Attorney said his office has asked for those records to be sealed in order to protect the ongoing investigation.
Editor’s note: this story was updated to correct inaccurate information provided to the Journal that Cueva was wearing a bulletproof vest.
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This guy really was Top Goon. WTF?
There are so many parts of this story that makes no sense.
He was previously caught for a gun, meth, and car chase with cops and he got 10 years? I thought you would at least get football years if you did that. And he was released?
A multiple felon?If he was on the way to a drug buy, why was he stopped? Shouldn't they follow him and catch him and whoever is buying the drugs. DEA would get the cash as well as the drugs and get the dealers too.
FeloniousMonk
Dont mind me..Im a azzhole
He was a state trooper, no a regular beat cop.
Highway patrol and County Sheriffs also rock dolo.
The whole story is fuked up, they should of followed and arrested everybody at the drug dealThis guy really was Top Goon. WTF?
There are so many parts of this story that makes no sense.
He was previously caught for a gun, meth, and car chase with cops and he got 10 years? I thought you would at least get football years if you did that. And he was released?
If he was on the way to a drug buy, why was he stopped? Shouldn't they follow him and catch him and whoever is buying the drugs. DEA would get the cash as well as the drugs and get the dealers too.
We aren’t talking about every occupation. We’re talking about cops, getting shot comes with the job.So every occupation is a hazardous occupation then.
Honestly if that cop got the heads up from DEA to arrest this guy, he should have been much more careful and asked for backup. Don't they run the license plate and get info from that? At least know who the car belongs to.
He should of been on high alert if somebody told him to pull this dude over, a lot of mistakes were made
His first mistake was going to the passenger side. Highway traffic or not that blind spot got him killed. Driver wouldn't been able to get the AR if he was right on him.
Nah they always do this, it is for their safety. Way too many get hit by passing cars. I am sure it is protocol.
When I got stopped. The first thing the cop said to me was "Roll your window all the way down", not "Will you please roll your window down?" or whatever p*ssy shyt he said to this guy.
If we can spot the mistakes this cop did I am sure law enforcement can spot even more that we can't recognize.
Lord_nikon
Veteran
He’s on a highway they are taught to approach from the passenger side for safety of not getting hit by another car.. now where he messed up was not having a partner watching his six as that was a high risk stop.. had he had a partner the partner would have immediately alerted his partner by the truck to take over and dude with the AR would have got dumped on
Is this a troll thread?