Authorities in New Mexico will not seek charges against three police officers involved in a fatal shooting after arriving at the wrong house last year.
Officers in the town of Farmington fired dozens of shots and killed Robert Dotson, 52, because he appeared at the door of his home holding a gun.
At the time, the officers were responding to a domestic violence call from a house across the street.
The Dotson family filed a lawsuit against the department last year.
According to a complaint filed by the family in court, police arrived at the Dotson residence late on 5 April, 2023 and “parked down the street and did not have their lights on”.
When Mr Dotson opened his front door holding a weapon, police immediately opened fire, striking him 12 times. Another 19 shots were fired at his wife Kimberly, who was unharmed during the incident. Police later said she opened fire on officers with a pistol.
I don’t think anyone’s upset she lived, but there have been a lot of cases where officer’s inability to aim have added a lot of casualties from hitting random people in their field of fire.
I think the cops might be. It’s police policy to empty the entire magazine if you plan on shooting at all, and to always shoot to kill. That’s how they’re “trained.”
Dead people don’t talk and can’t sue.