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New Mexico officers won't be charged in fatal shooting responding to wrong house
Three New Mexico police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Robert Dotson while responding to the wrong home's address will not be charged, according to a letter from the New Mexico Justice Department.
The shooting took place on April 5, 2023, when Farmington police officers, Daniel Estrada, Dylan Goodluck and Waylon Wasson, who were responding to a domestic violence call around 11:30 p.m. local time mistakenly, went to Dotson's home -- approaching house number 5305 instead of 5308, state police said, at the time.
Body camera footage released by the Farmington Police Department showed the officers knocking and announcing themselves several times, then debating whether they were at the right address after getting no response. As the officers were leaving, Dotson opened his screen door armed with a handgun. The officers opened fire, striking Dotson 12 times, according to a lawsuit filed by Dotson's family in Sept. 2023. In court papers, the city and officers all deny wrongdoing.
Dotson was later pronounced dead at the scene.
After the initial shooting, Dotson's wife, Kimberly, shot back at officers from the doorway, not knowing who had shot her husband, with officers returning fire, according to the lawsuit.
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*How many of us, hearing something at the door in the middle of the night, would have a gun in our hands when we came to the door?
New Mexico officers won't be charged in fatal shooting responding to wrong house
Three New Mexico police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Robert Dotson while responding to the wrong home's address will not be charged, according to a letter from the New Mexico Justice Department.
The shooting took place on April 5, 2023, when Farmington police officers, Daniel Estrada, Dylan Goodluck and Waylon Wasson, who were responding to a domestic violence call around 11:30 p.m. local time mistakenly, went to Dotson's home -- approaching house number 5305 instead of 5308, state police said, at the time.
Body camera footage released by the Farmington Police Department showed the officers knocking and announcing themselves several times, then debating whether they were at the right address after getting no response. As the officers were leaving, Dotson opened his screen door armed with a handgun. The officers opened fire, striking Dotson 12 times, according to a lawsuit filed by Dotson's family in Sept. 2023. In court papers, the city and officers all deny wrongdoing.
Dotson was later pronounced dead at the scene.
After the initial shooting, Dotson's wife, Kimberly, shot back at officers from the doorway, not knowing who had shot her husband, with officers returning fire, according to the lawsuit.
more at link
*How many of us, hearing something at the door in the middle of the night, would have a gun in our hands when we came to the door?
