Ex-officer convicted in fatal shooting of Black man at New Mexico gas station
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Prosecutors said Brad Lunsford, found guilty of voluntary manslaughter, shot Presley Eze at point-blank range in 2022
A former police officer was found guilty on Wednesday of voluntary manslaughter in the killing of Presley Eze during a 2022 confrontation at a New Mexico gas station.
Brad Lunsford, who is white, had pleaded not guilty in the fatal shooting of Eze, who was Black. The former Las Cruces officer's attorney, Jose Coronado, said he would ask the judge to review the verdict for its legal sufficiency.
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