Upon arriving to the neighborhood in Farmington, which is about 150 miles northwest of Albuquerque, officers "mistakenly approached 5305 Valley View Avenue instead of 5308 Valley View Avenue," New Mexico State Police said in a statement Thursday.
意识到搞错地址后，敲门的警官还笑了起来。
The knocking officer appears to laugh after being told the correct address...
A portion of the video slowed down by police appears to show what looks like the homeowner raising a gun.
"I am just heartbroken. … Mr. Dotson was not the subject of this call," Farmington Police Chief Steve Hebbe said during a Thursday video statement posted on Facebook. "This ending is just unbelievably tragic. I’m extremely sorry that we’re in this position."
与美国其他大部分地区相比，新墨西哥州的枪支文化更流行，且警察执法培训松懈，这是当地警察杀人事件高发的原因之一。
Critics of police response in New Mexico say a bigger gun culture in the state compared to much of the rest of the country and lax police training play a factor in the high incidence of police killings.
