4 teens arrested after 16-year-old is gunned down near a Las Cruces park

UPDATE, Sept. 2: Las Cruces police arrested four teens Thursday in the murder of another teen, who was gunned down Wednesday evening in the Legends West neighborhood.

Police identified the victim as 16-year-old Dante Garcia, who was found about 7 p.m. near a park in the 2800 block of Meriwether Street suffering from at least one gunshot wound; he died at the scene.
 
Police said the four teen suspects fled from the area in a white Ford Taurus that a detective later spotted and followed it to a home on the East Mesa, where officers found two guns during a search.
 
Authorities didn't release the names of those charged, but said the teen suspects included:

• A 17-year-old boy charged with an open count of murder, one count of tampering with evidence and two counts of conspiracy.
• A 16-year-old girl charged with conspiracy to commit murder and tampering with evidence.
• Two 13-year-old girls charged with tampering with evidence and conspiracy.

All four teens were being held in the juvenile section of the Dona Ana County Detention Center.

ORIGINAL REPORT, Sept. 1: LAS CRUCES, New Mexico -- A man was gunned down Wednesday night in a Las Cruces residential neighborhood and police confirmed a homicide investigation was underway.

The deadly shooting happened on Meriwether Street near Tingley Drive in the Legends West neighborhood, where police were called after residents heard gunshots.

Police had not reported any arrests and were reportedly looking for a vehicle that fled the shooting scene.

No further details were immediately available.