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Friday, October 23, 2026
Courthouse News Service
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PepperBall killing

LAS CRUCES, N.M. — A New Mexico federal judge allowed a family’s lawsuit against the manufacturer of a non-lethal “PepperBall” weapon used by police against a man who was later placed on a ventilator and ultimately died after being shot with multiple PepperBalls.

Read the ruling here.

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