The city of Las Cruces announced Monday that it reached a $20 million settlement with the family of Teresa Gomez, who was fatally shot by an officer.

The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, settled for $20 million with the family of Teresa Gomez, a grandmother fatally shot by a ...

The family of a woman shot dead by a former New Mexico police officer has reached a $20 million settlement with the city that ...

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

The City of Las Cruces has reached a $20-million settlement with the family of a woman who was allegedly shot and killed by a ...

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 ...

Felipe Hernandez, then working for the Las Cruces Police Department, fatally shot Teresa Gomez, 45, in her car in October 2023. Her family filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city ...

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 ...