Robert Dotson, 52, was killed by police in Farmington, N.M., on April 5 after officers showed up to his house by mistake in response to a domestic violence call, body-cam footage shows.
At around 11:30 p.m. on April 5, police were responding to a domestic violence call on Valley View Avenue in Farmington, a northwestern New Mexico city near the Colorado border that’s roughly 200 miles outside of Albuquerque. The three officers responding to the report knock three times on the front door of the wrong house, announcing that they are police, video shows.
Seconds later, one of the officers utters an expletive, and they all step away from the front door when they hear someone approaching. As officers shined a flashlight on the front door, the person who answered at 5305 was Dotson, who was carrying a handgun, according to the New Mexico Department of Public Safety.
Police said that Dotson’s family and their attorney watched the videos at the San Juan County District Attorney’s Office before it was released to the public on Friday. Authorities say that two of the officers have been on the Farmington force for five years, while the other has been a member for three years.. His colleagues lauded him on LinkedIn for knowing “how to get the best out of his fellow workers while maintaining a professional attitude.
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