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 ...
Teresa Gomez, 45, was shot and killed in October 2023 after a Las Cruces police officer on a bicycle approached her while she was sitting in a parked vehicle with another passenger, authorities said.