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New Mexico jury convicts police officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station

  • A New Mexico jury convicted former police officer Brad Lunsford of voluntary manslaughter for the shooting of Presley Eze, a Black man, at a gas station in 2022.
  • Attorney General Raúl Torrez stated that Lunsford's actions were an "egregious abuse of power" and said the use of deadly force was unjustified.
  • Lunsford's attorney, Jose Coronado, expressed disappointment in the jury's verdict and plans to request a review of its legal sufficiency.
  • Prosecutors linked Lunsford's case to a pattern of law enforcement brutality against Black individuals.
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Las Cruces Police Officer Is Guilty of Manslaughter in Shooting of Man Holding Taser

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A white police officer in Las Cruces, New Mexico, was convicted on Wednesday of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a Black man at point-blank range during a scuffle at a gas station in 2022, prosecutors…

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New Mexico Cop Found Guilty Of Voluntary Manslaughter After Fatally Shooting Black Man At Gas Station

A New Mexico jury has convicted Brad Lunsford after he shot and killed a Black man at a gas station in 2022.

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Las Cruces Officer Guilty of Manslaughter in Deadly 2022 Shooting of Black Man at Gas Station – Knowhere News

On Wednesday, a former police officer was convicted of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting death of a Black man at a gas station in New Mexico in 2022. Nearly five years after a white police officer in Minneapolis killed George Floyd in May 2020, Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford’s jury trial verdict is the most recent in a string of cases that prosecutors have connected to systematic violence by law enforcement against …

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Jury finds Las Cruces officer guilty 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.

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New Mexico jury convicts ex-officer in fatal shooting of Black man at gas station

A former police officer was found guilty Wednesday of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Presley Eze during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station.

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Ex-Las Cruces Police officer found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for shooting, killing man

Former Las Cruces Police Department Office Brad Lunsford was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter.

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KVIA broke the news in Panama City, United States on Wednesday, February 12, 2025.
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