A 52-year-old New Mexico man was fatally shot by police this week after they arrived at the wrong address while responding to a domestic violence call, according to state investigators.
In a statement released on April 6, New Mexico State Police (NMSP) said Robert Dotson was killed Wednesday night after members of the Farmington Police Department responded to a domestic violence call around 11:30 p.m. and went to Dotson’s house instead of a neighboring residence.
Once officers arrived in the neighborhood, they “mistakenly approached 5305 Valley View Avenue instead of 5308 Valley View Avenue,” NMSP said.
After no one responded when police officers announced themselves and knocked on the front door, they briefed the control room on the situation and asked a dispatcher to call the person back and ask them to come to the front door….