[kellyhound]

* Skip to 3;50 for the shooting and 13:50 for entering the house if you're impatient.

Farmington, N.M. Police released body camera footage and 911 audio on Friday of officers fatally shooting a homeowner after they responded to the wrong house for a domestic violence call.

Farmington Police officers killed R. D, 52, when he answered the door with a handgun on April 5 at about 11:30 p.m., police initially said.

The newly released videos show the unidentified officers immediately opening fire after he opened the door with the gun. Officers opened fire again after a woman was heard in the video screaming.

Police previously said the woman, D's wife, returned fire to the officers. She was not injured.

Their three children were upstairs, officers said in the footage. Farmington is a city of over 45,000 in the northwestern part of New Mexico, near the Colorado border.

"All of us — the men and women of the Farmington Police Department — recognize the severity of this incident," Chief Steven Hebbe said in a statement.

According to a news release from the department on Friday, additional "records and files" are expected to be released after review and redaction.

"We will do everything possible to more fully understand what transpired here. Once again, we wish to express our condolences to his family and as your chief of police, I wish to convey how very sorry I am that this tragedy occurred. We will continue to provide updates as we are able," Hebbe said.

Farmington police said D's family members and their lawyers have reviewed the footage.

What body cam footage shows happened that night
New Mexico state police, who are investigating the shooting, said Farmington police got a call for a domestic violence incident at 5308 Valley View Avenue.

"Once on scene, officers mistakenly approached 5305 Valley View Avenue instead of 5308 Valley View Avenue," state police said in a statement.

The video shows three responding officers approaching a house with an address clearly posted and illuminated and knocking three times on the door. They identified themselves as Farmington police three times, the video shows.

While waiting for the door to be answered, officers asked a dispatcher to confirm the address and the dispatcher stated the number of a different home.

"Why officers approached the wrong address remains part of the ongoing investigation," Farmington police said.

Within a few minutes, D. is shown coming to the door with a gun. "Hands up," an officer yells as they begin immediately firing at him. The officers back up and tell dispatch a man is down in the doorway.

A few moments later, a woman's voice inside the house is heard screaming. "Oh my god!" she yells. An officer tells her to put her hands up, but then begin firing at her.

An officer can be heard telling other officers who arrived on the scene that the woman picked up the weapon D. was holding and pointed it at officers. Her name has not been released but she was identified by police as D's wife.

The woman can be heard shouting from inside the home minutes later, "Help! Somebody shot my husband. Please! Please! My kids are upstairs."
After the initial shooting, Mr. D’s wife, also armed with a handgun, fired from the doorway of the residence, state police said last week. "Once again, officer(s) fired. Once she realized that the individuals outside the residence were officers, she put the gun down and complied with the officer’s commands," state police said.

After she is taken into custody and being walked away from the house, an officer can be heard saying, "Get her in cuffs," the video shows.

D's daughter called 911 after he was shot

"There were gunshots in my house and my dad was shot," she told a 911 operator. "My mom was screaming... I don't know if my dad's OK."

Farmington Police Department redacted the names of the three officers involved from the released video. The department said all three were on paid administrative leave as the investigation continues.

According to a statement, two of the officers had worked in the department for five years and the third for about three years.

About 40 percent of US households have guns, according to the Pew Research Center. An estimated 44,000 gun-related deaths took place in the United States last year, about half of them murder cases, accidents and self-defence, and half of them suicides, according to the Gun Violence Archive database.

It showed that 14 people have been shot or killed this year in New Mexico in what the archive calls “officer-involved incidents”.

More than 5,000 people in the US have died of firearm-related violence in 2023, according to the archive.

[Arevalosocom]

Cops so go straight to prison. Can't fucking read an address? In 2023 with Google maps and all the tech on earth. Glad wife shot back

[Drastic85]

Someone help that lady carry her bags of money.

[Vedderman]

Can't wait to see what all of our resident Pig Apologists are gonna say to excuse this one.

Mark my words, they'll find some way to blame the dead guy somehow.

[pokerplay]

Trigger happy buffoons.

[Peanut1pool]

Originally Posted by Vedderman ↗

Can't wait to see what all of our resident Pig Apologists are gonna say to excuse this one.

Mark my words, they'll find some way to blame the dead guy somehow.

He should of never came to the door with a gun.

[Smitju]

Great retirement plan. Just shoot an unarmed civilian and get paid leave indefinitely . If you do this at 3 different law enforcement agencies you cash in at least 9k per month.

[deadhorsey]

Whoops

[Mufasa7]

real talk the wrong address detail doesn't matter. it's like if you stopped the wrong car and they had a gun. Um, it's not suddenly okay

[minka1]

Originally Posted by Vedderman ↗

Can't wait to see what all of our resident Pig Apologists are gonna say to excuse this one.

Mark my words, they'll find some way to blame the dead guy somehow.

I have taken a liking to referring to them solely as cop whores and cop whoreshippers.