EL PASO, Texas (KTSM) — The four suspects involved in the Young Park shooting in Las Cruces will go to trial in February 2026.
Tomas Rivas, 20, Nathan Rivas, 17, Gustavo Puga Dominguez, 17, and Josiah Ontiveros, 15, were formally indicted on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit murder last month. They will face those charges as adults.
On Thursday, May 1, three of the four suspects, including Rivas, went before Judge Douglas Driggers, who has assigned the case as a “track 3 case” due to the complexity of it.
Each suspect is represented by a different attorney, and over 147 possible witnesses could testify in the trial, which can last up to three weeks.
District Attorney Fernando Macias was hoping to go to trial in December, but Driggers denied the request.
“All of them (the suspects) get fair trials based on the evidence presented in the courtroom and not a trial on public opinion,” Tom Clark, who is representing 20-year-old suspect Tomas Rivas, said.
The DA’s office and the defense have 10 months to prepare for trial.
As we previously reported, three people were killed, and 15 others were hurt in the shooting that happened on Friday, March 21, in Las Cruces.
The shooting happened during an unauthorized car show when two groups of people got into an altercation and that fight escalated, Las Cruces Police said.
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