Police in New Mexico shot and killed a man after responding to the wrong house during a domestic violence call, in what the police chief described as a 'chaotic scene.'
Police in New Mexico fatally shot a man Wednesday night after responding to the wrong house during a domestic violence call, authorities said, in what the police chief described as a "chaotic scene."
"Once on scene, officers mistakenly approached" the wrong address and knocked on the door. The statement from the state public safety authority said the officers identified themselves as police, but no one answered.
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