RUIDOSO, N.M. — What began as a phenomenal day at Grindstone Lake in Ruidoso shortly was a life or dying state of affairs.
Darlene and Johnny Salas – siblings from Ruidoso who grew up going to the lake – thought they had been in for a peaceable afternoon on the lake. However then, they noticed a water spout yards away, and transferring shortly of their course.
“It was too exhausting to carry (the canoe) and it picked us up about two or three toes after which tossed us,” Johnny mentioned.
His sister Darlene was safely floating in her life jacket, however Johnny’s was thrown manner out of attain.
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He mentioned he began swimming towards it however wasn’t fast sufficient to keep away from a second hit from the spout.
“I couldn’t maintain on no extra, I couldn’t swim no extra, I used to be already so drained so I ended up simply accepting it as a result of I couldn’t swim and I began happening,” Johnny mentioned. He mentioned what he thought had been his final phrases to his sister.
“I simply advised her ‘I’m sorry, I like you and mother and pop. Proper earlier than I accepted dying, I advised God, please, please simply take me to heaven,” he mentioned.
However luck, and some bystanders, had been on his aspect. Cannon Irons and Jordan Wright had been out on the lake, paddle boarding with their girlfriends. The water spout handed over them too, and swept up the entire boards – aside from Cannon’s.
He used it to paddle towards Johnny and Darlene, whereas Jordan swam. Jordan obtained there first.
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“When he obtained to Johnny, Johnny was unconscious, face down within the water,” Irons. mentioned. “Jordan grabbed him and swam him to my board and we each drug him up onto my board.”
“Jordan steadied the board from within the water and I steadied it with my proper arm and I gave him chest compressions with my left,” defined Irons.
He mentioned he has by no means executed CPR or chest compressions, and isn’t educated.
“It’s fairly unrealistic the way it truly went down,” Irons mentioned. “I simply sort of filed by my reminiscence and remembered films and seeing folks drown and I simply sort of went off that to be sincere.”
Johnny Salas credit that fast pondering, for saving his life.
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“I need to them thanks for the whole lot he did for me and my sister,” Salas mentioned.
Johnny spent three days within the hospital after the accident. He plans to satisfy Jordan and Cannon for dinner to correctly thank them for saving his life.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Tru Washington scored 19 points as New Mexico beat Texas Southern 99-68 on Sunday night.
Washington added 10 rebounds and four steals for the Lobos (5-1). Mustapha Amzil scored 18 points, shooting 6 for 15 (2 for 6 from 3-point range) and 4 of 6 from the free-throw line. Filip Borovicanin finished 5 of 6 from the field to finish with 11 points.
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Kavion McClain led the way for the Tigers (0-5) with 15 points and six assists. Jaylen Wysinger added 12 points for Texas Southern. Zaire Hayes finished with 10 points.
New Mexico took the lead with 1:13 remaining in the first half and did not give it up. Washington led their team in scoring with eight points in the first half to help put them up 38-31 at the break. New Mexico extended its lead to 77-48 during the second half, fueled by an 11-0 scoring run. Borovicanin scored a team-high 11 points in the second half as their team closed out the win.
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The city of Las Cruces, New Mexico, has reached a $20 million settlement with the family of a grandmother fatally shot by a police officer last year, according to The Associated Press and local media.
Felipe Hernandez, then working for the Las Cruces Police Department, fatally shot Teresa Gomez, 45, in her car in October 2023. Her family filed a lawsuit in federal court against the city, the police chief, and three members of the police force.
The settlement is the city’s largest agreement in a civil lawsuit, according to CNN affiliate KFOX14. The parties reached a settlement on November 7, according to a court filing. CNN has reached out to the city and an attorney representing the Gomez family for comment.
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“This settlement should be understood as a statement of the City’s profound feeling of loss for the death of Gomez and of the City’s condolences to her family,” the city of Las Cruces said in a news release sent Friday, according to AP.
Hernandez, who was fired from the police department months after the shooting, faces a second-degree murder charge, court records show. He has pleaded not guilty. His trial is scheduled to begin June 2. CNN has reached out to Hernandez’s attorney for comment.
Gomez was sitting in her car when Hernandez accused her and her passenger of trespassing, footage from the officer’s body-worn camera shows. He then shouted commands laced with the F-word at her and threatened to arrest her, “tase” her and make her life “a living hell” if she didn’t comply with his plan to investigate, the footage shows.
After Hernandez approached Gomez on a bicycle as she sat in her car, Gomez told him she had been visiting someone at the address and said she was looking for her misplaced keys, the body-camera footage shows. Gomez and the officer discussed why she and the passenger were parked outside a public housing complex – a place Hernandez said the passenger was not supposed to be. Gomez said multiple times she was unaware of any visitor rules, the video shows.
After Hernandez repeatedly asked Gomez to leave her car, Gomez stood outside it for a while, answering some of the officer’s questions, the video shows. Her passenger was never asked to get out or questioned in a similar way.
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The grandmother eventually found her car keys and, with the officer’s permission, sat back in the driver’s seat, according to the video and the lawsuit.
Half a minute later, she engaged the engine and, with her car door still open, shifted into reverse, pulled back, then put the car into drive, the video shows.
Hernandez shouted “stop!” three times, then fired his gun several times, the video shows.
The lawsuit alleges Gomez presented “no threat of any physical injury to Hernandez or anyone else” and Hernandez “left her to bleed out in her car as he turned away from her gasping body to retrieve his bicycle and flashlight.”
The suit claims Las Cruces “has adopted a de facto policy of indifference to the escalation of encounters between its officers and the public”and it “it allows officers to use deadly force in situations in which there is no threat of great bodily harm or death posed by the subject receiving deadly force.”
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The complaint also alleges city employees disproportionately use excessive force against people of color – like Gomez, who was Hispanic.
Gomez’s sister, Angela Lozano-Gutierrez, previously told CNN the video of her mother’s encounter with Hernandez was “shocking.”
“We may never get the apology we need,” Lozano-Gutierrez said. “We’re just trying to cling to each other, and we just keep telling ourselves: She would want us to continue to live to be happy.”
Texas Southern Tigers (0-4) at New Mexico Lobos (4-1)
Albuquerque, New Mexico; Sunday, 8 p.m. EST
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BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Lobos -23.5; over/under is 155.5
BOTTOM LINE: Texas Southern takes on New Mexico after Duane Posey scored 26 points in Texas Southern’s 97-82 loss to the Samford Bulldogs.
The Lobos are 3-0 on their home court. New Mexico is fourth in the MWC with 40.8 points per game in the paint led by Nelly Junior Joseph averaging 12.0.
Texas Southern finished 16-17 overall with a 6-11 record on the road a season ago. The Tigers allowed opponents to score 71.1 points per game and shot 42.5% from the field last season.
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