Lunsford assessment date for April

Justin Garcia Las Cruces Bulletin

Brad Lunsford, a former police officer from Las Cruces, who was convicted of voluntary homicide, will be convicted on April 4, according to court records.

A jury condemned Lunsford on February 13th of the voluntary manslaughter. A jury found this Lunsford when he reacted to shop theft on the former Chevron petrol station on the Valley Drive and wrongly shot Presley Eze. After eight days of videos of the murder, witness memories and experts' statements, a jury of Lunsford condemned after about 3 hours of advice.

Lunsford could have up to nine years in prison – six for the voluntary indictment against homicide and three for improving firearms. After the conviction, Lunsford was brought into prison.

On February 21, Lunsford's lawyers submitted an application to be released from prison for conviction. The application argued that he had strong relationships with the community and that he would not flee or hinder the legal proceedings if it was released.

At the time of the publication of this article, a hearing or answer to the application had not been submitted.

Police union collects donations for Lunsford

The day on which Lunsford was convicted of manslaughter, the Las Cruces Police Officers Association founded a Gofundme for Lunsford's family.

“Brad was the only financial service provider while Lacy raises her young. Being a policeman means that they were absorbed in blue by a completely new family, brothers and sisters. We get to know each other and build connections with the families of the other, and they too become a family. We learn to base ourselves together in good and bad times ”, a contribution by LCPD ofc. Veronica de la o states.

The article continues: “Whether you agree or do not agree, you deserve to take care of it so that Lacy doesn't have to worry about how to take care of her family while being in the future. Thank you for your support. “

At the time of the publication of this article, the Gofundme collected 31,505 US dollars with 201 donations. The LCPD boss Jeremy Story is the top donor and sends $ 1,100 to the Lunsford family.

Eze Family Statement

In an explanation that her family lawyer shared, he said that the family mourning continued to lose his loss.

“You are grateful to the New Mexico Department of Justice and the jury that she recognized the injustice of Presley's death and fights for the basic director of human dignity. The city of Las Cruces demands that Presleys family double the efforts to ensure that no other family has the tragedy of losing a loved one through abusive police behavior. Even today, Presley's widow cannot help but watch her four -year -old son and her loving husband until her loving husband is now and for the future. Presley's family takes consle in the guilty judgment as a beacon of justice in order to set the path to less violence, Presley did not die for nothing. “