Attorney General Raúl Torrez announced charges against Las Cruces Police Officer, Brad Lunsford, for the shooting death of Presley Eze. Lunsford is charged with voluntary manslaughter with a firearm enhancement.

On the afternoon of Friday, August 2nd, 2022, Presley Eze was at the Chevron gas station located at 2645 S. Valley Dr., in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The gas station attendant called 911 after witnessing Eze leave the station with a beer he did not pay for. Officer Lunsford was the first officer on the scene and began questioning Eze about the situation inside the gas station. After being unable to verify Eze’s identity, Officer Lunsford and another officer forcibly removed Eze from the vehicle in order to detain him. Eze was unarmed and shirtless at the time but nevertheless resisted the officers’ attempt to take him into custody. A scuffle ensued and Eze ended up on the ground, on top of one of the responding officers. During the ongoing struggle Eze placed his hand on the second officer’s taser though it was not cycled or deployed against either officer. In response Officer Lunsford drew his service weapon and shot Eze on the back, left side of his head at point blank range.
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