Nathan Rivas Sentenced to 90 Years in Prison for the Deadly Young Park Shooting

The Third Judicial District Attorney Fernando Macias announced Friday that Nathan Rivas was sentenced to 90 years in prison for his role in the 2025 Young Park mass shooting that killed three people and injured several others. He is the final defendant to be sentenced.

Rivas, who was 17 years old at the time, fired 13 times into the crowd that night, emptying his Glock 45.

“He easily could have run away without engaging, but he didn’t,” said District Attorney Fernando Macias. “He turned around and started shooting into the crowd with complete disregard for the hundreds of people there.”

After the shooting, all four defendants got into a car driven by Rivas and went to El Paso before coming back to Las Cruces to dispose of their weapons.

Rivas is the last of the four defendants to receive a 90-year sentence. Nathan’s brother, Tomas Rivas, Gustavo Dominguez and Josiah Ontiveros also received three consecutive life sentences, totaling 90 years each, for their role in the shooting.

“These sentences represent justice and accountability,” said District Attorney Fernando Macias. “We hope this becomes an opportunity to re-educate our community and make better efforts to intervene to keep incidents like these from occurring in this community.”

These cases were prosecuted by Doña Ana County District Attorney Fernando Macias and Chief Deputy District Attorney Spencer Willson and investigated by the Las Cruces Police Department.