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Leopoldo Cesilo Gurule

Case from Santa Fe, NM dated Jun 07, 1980

Victim Details

Leopoldo Cesilo Gurule

Male

Santa Fe

NM

1980-06-07

36

Leopoldo

Cesilo Gurule

07/14/2026

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Deputy Sheriff Leopoldo Cesilo Gurule of the Santa Fe County Sheriff's Department was tragically killed in the line of duty on June 7, 1980, while responding to a domestic dispute. The incident occurred when Deputy Gurule arrived at the scene, where a woman rushed to his patrol car and alerted him that her husband was armed with a rifle and intended to harm him. Despite this warning, as Deputy Gurule attempted to back out of the parking spot, the suspect opened fire, fatally wounding him with a. ...
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