Las Cruces settled a lawsuit for $20 million with Teresa Gomez's family after she was fatally shot by an ex-officer.
New Mexico has among the highest rates of killings by police officers in the U.S., and officials are trying to reduce the ...
The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a grandmother fatally shot by a ...
Teresa Gomez was 45 years old when she was shot and killed by former Police Department officer Felipe Hernandez ...
Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a ...
Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in October 2023 shortly after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a parked car with another person, authorities said.
The estate of Teresa Gomez and the City of Las Cruces agreed to a $20 million settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court in January 2024. According to a Nov. 22 new ...