US EditionFormer Las Cruces police officer convicted of manslaughter in 2023 shooting
Felipe Hernandez was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Teresa Gomez, leading to a $20 million settlement with the city of Las Cruces.
- A former Las Cruces police officer, Felipe Hernandez, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter for the 2023 shooting death of Terry Leyva Gomez.
- Hernandez was acquitted of the more serious charge of second-degree murder, but will face a lengthy sentence as per prosecutors' request.
- The city agreed to pay Gomez's estate $20 million after a lawsuit, with prosecutors stating the killing undermined public trust.
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Las Cruces, NM.- The former police officer of Las Cruces, Felipe Hernández, was convicted of voluntary murder for the shooting death of 45-year-old Teresa Gómez. The jury acquitted him of the most serious charge of murder in the second degree after deliberation for about four and a half hours. The verdict was announced on the afternoon of Thursday, October 30 at a hearing full of emotions, where relatives of the victim and the defendant reacted …
Former Las Cruces police officer convicted of voluntary manslaughter in shooting case
LAS CRUCES, N.M. (KRQE) – Las Cruces Police Department Officer Felipe Hernandez, who was on trial for murder, has been found guilty, but on the lesser charge of voluntary manslaughter. Hernandez took the stand in his own defense this week to explain why he opened fire on a car driving away from him. "When the car backs up, if you notice in the pictures, kind of a small gap, I kind of got binged with the wedge of the door," said Hernandez. Story…
Former Las Cruces officer found guilty of voluntary manslaughter in shooting of Teresa Gomez
LAS CRUCES — A jury on Thursday afternoon found former Las Cruces police officer Felipe Hernandez guilty of voluntary manslaughter in the 2023 death of Teresa Gomez.
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