Dotson was not the subject of the call that our officers were responding to, and this ending is just unbelievably tragic,” Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said. The owner of the house, Robert Dotson, 52, opened the door holding a handgun, before police shot and killed him. Police were responding to a call that came from 5308 Valley View Avenue, but mistakenly showed up at 5305 Valley View Avenue. Wednesday after police officers responded to a domestic violence call at a home in Farmington, a city located 50 miles from the Arizona border. NBC News reports the fatal shooting took place around 11:30 p.m. New Mexico’s Farmington Police Department has landed itself in hot water after cops shot and killed an innocent man while responding to the wrong home for a domestic violence call.
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