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 ...

Las Cruces settled a lawsuit for $20 million with Teresa Gomez's family after she was fatally shot by an ex-officer.

Teresa Gomez, 45, was fatally shot in 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she sat in a ...

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The City of Las Cruces has agreed to a $20 million settlement in a civil lawsuit filed by the family of Teresa Gomez, who ...

The Las Cruces Police Department is going to pay $20 million after reaching a settlement with the estate of a woman who a ...

The city of Las Cruces agreed to settlement terms for a lawsuit stemming from a fatal police shooting in 2023. Las Cruces ...