"No Charges for New Mexico Officers in Fatal Wrong Address Shooting"

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"No Charges for New Mexico Officers in Fatal Wrong Address Shooting"
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The New Mexico Justice Department has declined to press charges against three Farmington police officers who fatally shot Robert Dotson, 52, after mistakenly going to the wrong address on a domestic violence-related call. The officers approached the incorrect dwelling, and when Dotson opened the door armed with a gun, he was shot. The decision not to file charges has prompted a lawsuit from Dotson's family, alleging wrongful death and seeking damages.

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