The family of a man who was fatally shot by officers who responded to the wrong address has filed a lawsuit over what they claim were 'extreme, unreasonable actions.'
Law enforcement officials investigate at the scene of a police-involved shooting at the wrong house in Farmington, N.M., on April 6, 2023.has filed a lawsuit over what they claim were "extreme, unreasonable actions" that resulted in his death.
After the initial shooting, according to the complaint, Dotson's wife fired from the doorway not knowing who had shot her husband, with officers returning fire. Neither she nor the officers were harmed. She was not charged with a crime, state police said. "Mr. Dotson went downstairs, he got a pistol off of the refrigerator because he didn't know who was behind the door. And when he opened the door, all hell broke loose," Thomas Clark, another attorney representing the Dotson family, told KOAT.
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