Suspect Captured in New Mexico State Police Officer’s Killing

A portrait of Jaremy Smith is displayed beside U.S. Attorney for New Mexico Alexander Uballez (L) in Albuquerque, N.M., on March 16, 2024, as Public Safety Secretary Jason Bowie gives a briefing following the death of New Mexico State Police officer Justin Hare. Jon Austria/The Albuquerque Journal via AP

SANTA FE, N.M.—A suspect in the shooting death of a state police officer was captured in a confrontation Sunday with law enforcement officers in the Albuquerque area, the New Mexico State Police said.

The Bernalillo County Sheriff’s Office caught 33-year-old Jaremy Smith of Marion, South Carolina, in a pursuit involving gunfire on Sunday, State Police spokesman Ray Wilson said in a news release.