WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT Bodycam footage released by police shows Robert Dotson, 52, was killed by police in Farmington, New Mexico, after officers responding to a domestic-violence report went to the wrong house
April 15 - New Mexico police officers realized they were at the wrong address just moments before the front door opened and they fatally shot the armed homeowner, then exchanged gunfire with his wife, according to newly released body camera video of the April 5 shooting.
The Farmington Police Department released several videos on Friday, including footage captured by body cameras worn by the three officers who fired their weapons. One officer then curses and backs away, seconds before the door opens. An officer yells, "Hands up!," and the video shows Dotson raising what appears to be a handgun before officers open fire, dropping him in the doorway.
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