Called in the middle of the night for domestic violence, police showed up at 5308 Valley View Avenue instead of 5305 and gun-in-hand shot the resident who answered the door for them.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 4/15/2023 at 11:09 AM, updated 4/15/2023 at 11:51 AM
Subpoenaed on April 5 for domestic violence, American police officers showed up at a bad door of a house in Farmington (South) in the middle of the night and gun-in-hand shot the resident, according to video images released on Friday 15 . April. While the call to action was for a home at 5308 Valley View Avenue, the three-man police patrol repeatedly knocked at 5305, claiming to be police.
One man, Robert Dotson, opened the door with a gun drawn, according to footage from their video cameras released by the New Mexico State Police. He will be shot immediately. Despite exchanges between them and their headquarters to confirm the address of the operation, the police said they could not explain at this time why the officers turned up at the wrong address.
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A tragedy”
Video footage then shows Robert Dotson’s wife at the front door and more gunshots can be heard. According to the police, this woman shot the officers. The names of those individuals, who were released during the investigation, have not been released at this time.
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In a press release, local police chief Steve Hebbe stressed that all his departments are aware of the “seriousness” of this case. “As the chief of police, I want to say how sorry I am that this tragedy has happened,” he added.
According to the American organization Pew Research Center, around 40% of American households own guns. Last year, about 44,000 gun-related deaths were recorded in the United States, half of them in cases of homicide, accident or self-defense, and the other half in connection with suicide, according to the Gun Violence Archive file.