LEOPOLDO CESILO GURULE

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Officer Rank: Deputy Sheriff
Memorial Panel: 7-E: 8
Department: Santa Fe County, New Mexico, S.D.
End of Watch: June 7, 1980
Cause: SHOT
Age: 36
Years of Service: 8
Description: Deputy Gurule was shot and killed after responding to a domestic dispute. When he arrived at the scene a woman ran to his patrol car and screamed that her husband had a rifle and was going to kill the officer. As he attempted to back out of the parking spot the suspect opened fire, fatally wounding him.
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