Las Cruces, voluntary manslaughter and Officer Lunsford

Las Cruces Police Officer Jonah Hernandez died one year ago. Here's what's happened since.
One year has passed since the on-duty death of Las Cruces Police Department Officer Jonah Hernandez. Hernandez was stabbed by Armando Silva while responding to a trespassing call about 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, on the 300 block of south Valley Drive.
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.
Ex-Las Cruces Police officer found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for shooting, killing man
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 honors fallen officer in the first anniversary of his death
The City of Las Cruces remembers the life and legacy of a slain police officer, one year after he was killed in the line of duty.
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.
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.
Former Las Cruces deputy sentenced in evidence case
A former detective with the Doña Ana County Sheriff’s Office was sentenced Friday to nearly three years of supervised probation after pleading guilty to nine misdemeanor counts
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 ...
New Mexico jury convicts police officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station
A former officer has been found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man during a 2022 ...
Former Las Cruces Officer Brad Lunsford found guilty in shooting death of Presley Eze
Former Las Cruces police Officer Brad Lunsford was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2022 shooting death of ...
Ex-Officer Guilty Of Killing Black Man In New Mexico At Gas Station
Former Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford was found guilty of killing Presley Eze at a New Mexico gas station.
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Ex-officer guilty in fatal New Mexico shooting
A former Las Cruces police officer faces up to nine years in prison for the death of a Black man during a confrontation over ...
Las Cruces Bowling Alley Massacre that left 4 dead, 3 injured, remains unsolved
Seven people – four of them children – were led into a bowling alley’s office and shot one after another by gunmen who set ...