Authorities in northwestern New Mexico on Friday released body camera footage of police officers opening fire and killing a homeowner after they showed up at the wrong address in response to domestic violence call.
a homeowner after they showed up at the wrong address in response to domestic violence call.
In this image taken from body camera video provided by the Farmington Police Department, a police officer knocks on the door of the wrong address in response to a domestic violence call, in Farmington, New Mexico, on April 5, 2023. Moments later, the homeowner was fatally shot by police after appearing at the door armed with a handgun.
The homeowner's wife can be heard pleading with officers."Help! Somebody shot my husband. Please! Please! My kids are upstairs," she said. Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said in a news conference Friday that the department was releasing the video out of a desire to be forthcoming and transparent about what he has called a dark day for the police force and for the family of homeowner, who was identified as Robert Dotson, 52.
"All of us — the men and women of the Farmington Police Department — recognize the severity of this incident. We will do everything possible to more fully understand what transpired here," Hebbe said.
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