Police have released the name of a robbery suspect who was fatally shot by officers in Las Cruces.
They say 36-year-old Juan Gabriel Torres of Las Cruces was armed with a knife when he was shot Sunday afternoon on a bridge over Interstate 25.
He later died from his injuries at a hospital.
Police say officers had responded to a home about a stolen pickup truck.
Officers later spotted the vehicle on the bridge where the driver confronted police while a knife.
Police say Torres refused to drop the knife and lunged toward one of the officers before being shot.
The shooting occurred near the Pan American Center where thousands gathered Sunday for the funeral of Hatch officer Jose Chavez, who authorities say was fatally shot by an Ohio fugitive.
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