On the afternoon of August 2, 2022, 36-year-old Presley C. Eze Jr. was fatally shot by a Las Cruces police officer at a Chevron gas station on South Valley Drive. The incident started after a clerk reported a shirtless man had left the store with a can of beer without paying. Officer Brad Lunsford arrived first and found Eze in the passenger seat of a parked car; initial questioning was described as calm. When a second officer, Keegan Arbogast, arrived, the officers decided to arrest Eze after they could not verify his identity.

Officers forcibly removed the unarmed Eze from the vehicle and a struggle followed. The fight went to the ground with Eze on top of one of the officers. During the scuffle Eze grabbed an officer’s Taser, though evidence later showed the device was locked and never deployed. Officer Lunsford then drew his duty weapon and fired one shot into the back left side of Eze’s head at point-blank range; Eze died at the scene. The New Mexico Attorney General’s Office opened an investigation and reviewed body-camera footage and use-of-force evidence.

What information do readers with knowledge of the area, the gas station, or the people involved have that could shed light on the encounter?