The Las Cruces Police officer who shot a man in the back of the head at point blank range for stealing a beer at a gas ...

A former Las Cruces police officer recently convicted of voluntary manslaughter will be back in court this coming week pursuing a new trial. Brad Lunsford, 39, was held culpable last month by a jury ...

Prosecutors said he shot Presley Eze at point-blank range in a scuffle after police responded to a 911 call from a gas station attendant who reported that Eze stole beer. Eze allegedly placed his ...

Former Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford was found guilty of killing Presley Eze and faces up to nine years in prison. A New Mexico jury has found a former police officer guilty of ...

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. By Michael Levenson A white police officer in Las Cruces ...

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) – The other Las Cruces Police officer who was there the day Presley Eze was shot and killed in 2022 testified Monday, Feb. 10 in the trial of Brad Lunsford. Lunsford ...

On Oct. 3, 2023, New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced he was filing manslaughter charges against Brad Lunsford, a Las Cruces police officer who shot and killed Presley Eze, a Black man ...

Former Las Cruces police officer Brad Lunsford, who was found guilty Feb. 12 of voluntary manslaughter, is now seeking to appeal the verdict.

Officer Lunsford’s actions were not just a tragic lapse in judgment; they were an egregious abuse of power that cost Presley Eze his life," said New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez.

Former Las Cruces Police officer Brad Lunsford’s attorneys are requesting a new trial, claiming that there was improper juror ...

Brad Lunsford, 39, was held culpable last month by a jury for killing Presley Eze at a local gas station in 2022. Algernon D'Ammassa is the Albuquerque Journal's Southern New Mexico correspondent.