Las Cruces, Officer Lunsford

At Las Cruces ex-police officer trial, contrasting accounts of what led to fatal shooting
A courtroom filled to see the long-awaited trial of former Las Cruces Police Department officer Brad Lunsford for murder, Tuesday morning, Feb. 3.
Las Cruces jury convicts former police officer in on-duty killing
Brad Lunsford, who was taken into custody and will be sentenced at a later date, faces up to nine years in prison.
DOJ Secures Conviction Against Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford For Shooting Death of Presley Eze
DEPT. OF JUSTICE NEWS RELEASE A jury has found Las Cruces Police Officer Brad Lunsford guilty of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm enhancement following the August 2022 shooting death of
Ex-Las Cruces Police officer on trial for killing man at gas station
The trial of a former Las Cruces Police officer accused of shooting and killing a man in 2002 got underway Tuesday, Feb. 4 in Las Cruces. Brad Lunsford is facing a charge of voluntary manslaughter with a firearm enhancement.
Las Cruces police officer convicted of manslaughter
The 2022 police shooting happened after police were called to a Chevron gas station after a store clerk accused a man of stealing beer.
Jury convicts former Las Cruces police officer of manslaughter
A jury found former Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford guilty of voluntary manslaughter Wednesday in the 2022 killing of Presley Eze.
Police Officer Is Guilty of Manslaughter in Shooting of Man Holding Taser
Brad Lunsford, an officer in Las Cruces, N.M., shot Presley Eze at point-blank range after he took a stun gun from another officer.
New Mexico jury convicts police officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station
A police officer has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station
Former Las Cruces Police officer found guilty of voluntary manslaughter
Former Las Cruces Police officer Brad Lunsford was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter on Wednesday, Feb. 12, for shooting and killing Presley Eze at a gas station in 2022, the New Mexico Department of Justice (NMDOJ) said in a news release.
Las Cruces police investigating claims that man got sick from fentanyl-laced drink
Las Cruces police detectives are investigating allegations that a 20-year-old man was hospitalized after drinking a ...
Las Cruces police investigate claims of fentanyl-laced drink from fast-food restaurant
Detectives with the Las Cruces Police Department are investigating claims that a fentanyl-laced drink from a local fast-food ...
Las Cruces bowling alley massacre unsolved 35 years later. 'Keep memory alive, keep hope'
Anthony Teran, whose brother and two nieces, died in one of the most brutal crimes in Las Cruces, hopes the 1990 shooting case will be solved.