Police killings
2013-2020

Charles Gage Lorentz

Male, White

Date of the incident: 3/21/2020

Carlsbad, Eddy, NM
727 Carlsbad Caverns Hwy

Around 5:15 p.m. a National Park ranger saw a Ford F-250 truck driving erratically. The vehicle was stopped, and the driver, Charles Gage Lorentz, reportedly got out and was confronted by the ranger, who shot and killed him. Details as to what precipitated the killing were withheld by police.