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LAS CRUCES 鈥� Tomas Rivas was sentenced Friday morning to serve three consecutive life terms for his role in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting.

Rivas, 22, was convicted by a jury in February on three counts of first-degree murder, holding him accountable for the deaths of Dominick Estrada, 19; Andrew 鈥淎J鈥� Madrid, 16; and Jason Gomez, 17. Three other shooters were convicted in subsequent trials and are waiting to hear their own sentences: Rivas鈥� brother, Nathan Rivas, 18; Josiah Ontiveros, 17; and Gustavo Dominguez, 18.

District Attorney Fernando Macias told state District Judge Douglas Driggers that the eruption of gunfire at the popular city park the night of March 21, 2025, inflicted a 鈥渕assive level of harm鈥� to the community. It was the worst mass casualty event in Las Cruces since 1990. In addition to the three teenagers killed, more than a dozen people were injured.

Prosecutors said Rivas was the ringleader of a plan to kill Estrada during an informal car meet, showing up with masks and guns and opening fire on Estrada in the midst of a crowd watching cars spin in circles. Madrid and Gomez, who both died at the scene, were bystanders.

Macias said it was a 鈥渕iracle鈥� the death toll was not higher as he spoke of near-mortal wounds and life-altering injuries inflicted on survivors, some of whom attended the hearing.

The DA asked for consecutive life sentences, putting any realistic chance of parole out of reach as Rivas would need to serve at least 90 years before he was eligible for parole, with no time off for good behavior.

Macias argued the sentence would deliver justice for each life lost while assuring the community that increasing gun violence in Las Cruces would be met with consequences.

Rivas鈥� attorney, Thomas Clark, asked Driggers to run the sentences concurrently, which still would mean Rivas could not be considered for parole until he was 52 years old. Clark said the tougher sentence would be 鈥渟ymbolic鈥� while serving the life terms simultaneously could still mean Rivas spends the rest of his life behind bars with a slim chance of rehabilitation as 鈥渁 very old man.鈥�

Survivors of the shooting and family members of the victims unanimously called for the maximum penalty.

Mary Rosales, Jason Gomez鈥檚 mother, read a statement in which she said her family 鈥渞eceived a life sentence of grief.鈥� Robert Northrup, an attendee who was shot near his ankle, showed photographs of an injury that has left him limping and wearing a brace after nearly a year and a half. And Dominick Estrada鈥檚 sister, Becky Arzabal, told Driggers of her family鈥檚 ordeal, losing her sibling and altering her life to care for a brother who had to relearn how to walk.

Rivas, who is appealing the verdict, did not speak during the half-hour hearing.

Clark said Rivas would continue to fight his conviction because there was no evidence connecting Rivas to any of the deaths. Rivas was convicted of first-degree 鈥渄epraved mind鈥� murder 鈥� or killing a human being 鈥渂y any act greatly dangerous to the lives of others, indicating a depraved mind regardless of human life鈥� 鈥� as a participant in the shooting.

鈥淥nly a few states have the theory of depraved mind murder,鈥� Clark said. 鈥淭his is an interesting case to be taken up on appeal, to determine whether you can be an accessory to depraved mind murder 鈥� because that's what Tomas was from the very beginning. It鈥檚 clear that he didn't kill anybody.鈥�

Macias said the sentence sent the right message to residents as well as to young people who might consider their disputes with guns: 鈥淵ou鈥檙e not coming out. You will never return to this community.鈥�

He also affirmed that much more needed to be done to address 鈥済un culture鈥� among young people in Las Cruces.

The chaos and loss at Young Park, Macias said, represent 鈥渢he consequences you鈥檙e going to suffer if you allow gun violence to track 鈥� if we don鈥檛 have strategies to turn these young people鈥檚 lives around, if we can't give them better options to feel better about themselves, other than having to carry a handgun.鈥�

The next sentencing hearing in the case, for Gustavo Dominguez, is scheduled for September. 

Algernon 顿鈥橝尘尘补蝉蝉补 is the Journal鈥檚 southern New Mexico correspondent. He can be reached at adammassa@abqjournal.com.