Las Cruces Police shared the following statement: "Las Cruces police have arrested one adult and one juvenile for their involvement in Friday’s mass shooting at Young Park.
On Saturday evening, police arrested Tomas Rivas, 20, and a 17-year-old boy. Both are charged with three open counts of murder. Additional charges are pending.
Rivas will be booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where he will initially be held without bond. The juvenile will be remanded to the juvenile detention facility.
The investigation is ongoing.
The victims who perished in Friday’s shooting have been identified as Andrew Madrid, 16; Jason Gomez, 18; and Dominick Estrada, 19. Madrid and Gomez died on scene. Estrada was transported to MountainView Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
The other 15 victims, whose ages range from 16-36, were injured in the shooting. Of the 15 victims, nine are male and six are female. To help protect their privacy, police will not release their names publicly.
Law enforcement partners are continuing their investigation and are actively following multiple leads. LCPD is receiving assistance from the FBI, ATF, New Mexico State Police, the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2025, at Young Park, 850 S. Walnut St. Las Cruces police and fire personnel were dispatched to reports of gunfire and possible gunshot victims in the parking lot of Young Park. Some of the injured were transported to local hospitals with seven subsequently taken to hospitals in El Paso, Texas. Current medical conditions of the surviving victims are not available at this time.
Young Park remains closed Saturday evening as police continue gathering evidence from the scene. Nearby roads also remain closed to through traffic."
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On Saturday evening, police arrested Tomas Rivas, 20, and a 17-year-old boy. Both are charged with three open counts of murder. Additional charges are pending.
Rivas will be booked into the Dona Ana County Detention Center where he will initially be held without bond. The juvenile will be remanded to the juvenile detention facility.
The investigation is ongoing.
The victims who perished in Friday’s shooting have been identified as Andrew Madrid, 16; Jason Gomez, 18; and Dominick Estrada, 19. Madrid and Gomez died on scene. Estrada was transported to MountainView Regional Medical Center where he succumbed to his injuries.
The other 15 victims, whose ages range from 16-36, were injured in the shooting. Of the 15 victims, nine are male and six are female. To help protect their privacy, police will not release their names publicly.
Law enforcement partners are continuing their investigation and are actively following multiple leads. LCPD is receiving assistance from the FBI, ATF, New Mexico State Police, the Third Judicial District Attorney’s Office and the U.S. Attorney’s Office.
The shooting occurred shortly after 10 p.m. Friday, March 21, 2025, at Young Park, 850 S. Walnut St. Las Cruces police and fire personnel were dispatched to reports of gunfire and possible gunshot victims in the parking lot of Young Park. Some of the injured were transported to local hospitals with seven subsequently taken to hospitals in El Paso, Texas. Current medical conditions of the surviving victims are not available at this time.
Young Park remains closed Saturday evening as police continue gathering evidence from the scene. Nearby roads also remain closed to through traffic."
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00:00Good Sunday morning to you. I'm Stephanie Quinn. You are watching live now from Fox.
00:05We begin this Sunday morning with breaking news as police out of New Mexico say they
00:10have arrested two suspects in Friday evening's mass shooting. I did want to share the very
00:16latest statement from police as they have said that police have arrested one adult and
00:22one juvenile for their involvement in Friday's mass shooting at Yonge Park. Last night, police
00:29arrested Thomas Rivas, 20, and a 17-year-old boy. Both are charged with three open counts
00:35of murder and additional charges are pending. The statement from police there say that Rivas
00:42will be booked at the county detention center where he will initially be held without bond.
00:49The juvenile will be remanded to the juvenile detention center and the investigation is
00:54ongoing. The victims who died in Friday's shooting have been identified as a 16-year-old,
01:01an 18-year-old, and a 19-year-old. Two of them died on scene. The third was transported
01:08to a regional medical center where he succumbed to his injuries. Aside from the three victims
01:14who died, there were 15 other victims whose ages ranged from 16 to 36 years old. And I
01:22did want to share some video of the scene with you. You're taking a look at some of
01:28the video from that Friday night shooting. Meanwhile, law enforcement are continuing
01:34their investigation and are actively following multiple leads. All of this started after
01:4010 p.m. local time Friday night at Yonge Park where police and fire personnel responded
01:48to reports of gunfire and possible victims in the parking lot at Yonge Park. Some of
01:54the injured were taken to local hospitals and the park continues to remain closed at
02:01this time. But we did want to provide the very latest information with you as police
02:07this morning have stated that they have arrested two suspects in this mass shooting, a 20-year-old
02:14and a 17-year-old, both charged with three open counts of murder. Additional charges
02:20are pending and the investigation is ongoing. We will continue to share any developments
02:28and if police do hold a news conference to provide more information.