Bodycam footage shows police fatally shoot armed homeowner after responding to wrong house

police department in New Mexico released body camera footage that shows officers fatally shooting a homeowner after they responded to the wrong home. "All of us – the men and women of the Farmington Police Department – recognize the severity of this incident," Farmington Police Department Chief Steve Hebbe said in a statement posted to the department’s Facebook page."We will do everything we can to ensure a fuller understanding of what took place," the statement added. "I believe that the footage will help to provide a greater understanding of what transpired." Officers with the department were called to the neighborhood on April 5 at about 11:30 p.m.

over reports of domestic violence. The bodycam footage of the incident, released Friday by the department, shows responding officers walking up to the front door of a home with the house number illuminated under a light.

The video shows police knock three times and identify themselves as officers.TWO NEW JERSEY POLICE OFFICERS SHOT, OFFICERS SEARCH DOOR-TO-DOOR FOR SUSPECTFarmington Police Department bodycam footage of fatal shooting. (Farmington Police Department) After there is no response at the door, one of the officers asks dispatch to confirm the address of the home and to tell the person who called 911 to come to the front door.

Dispatch states the address of a house across the street from the one where officers responded. SUSPECT KILLED AFTER SHOOTING CA OFFICER WEARING A BULLETPROOF VESTMoments later, the homeowner, who was armed, opens the door and officers are seen shooting him.