The New Mexico Supreme Court has affirmed the murder convictions of a man who is serving four consecutive life prison terms for the 2017 shooting deaths of three family members and a stranger in Rio Arriba County. Damian Herrera was accused of murdering his mother, brother and stepfather following an argument at the family’s home in La Madera, north of Española. Authorities say Herrera then fled to Abiquiu, where he shot and killed a fourth victim at a gas station. Herrera was 26 when he was sentenced in January 2022.
