On January 25, 2022, 27-year-old Anthony Kane Juarez of Las Cruces, New Mexico, was shot and later died of his injuries. Officers responding to a 911 call found Juarez with a gunshot wound to the buttocks at 1316 Wolf Trail, near Desert Gardens Mobile Home Park at 1000 Coyote Trail, and he was taken to Mountain View Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his wounds.

Investigators reviewed surveillance footage from nearby residences that showed a man identified as 34-year-old Rudy Garcia firing at Juarez at least three times. Video also shows Juarez running from a vehicle while Garcia and an unidentified person left in a late-model Chrysler 200 registered to Jessica Martinez. Martinez told police she had driven Juarez and Garcia from a motel to Encantada Mobile Park, heard gunshots, then drove Garcia to a motel where he said Juarez had tried to rob him.

Garcia was charged with first-degree murder and held without bond. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Las Cruces Police Department at 526-0795. If readers knew Anthony or saw activity near Desert Gardens Mobile Home Park on January 25, 2022, please share what you know.