A MAN IS SHOT TO DEATH BY A FARMINGTON POLICE OFFICER DURING A DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CALL TO THE VICTIM'S HOME. THE SHOOTING OCCURRED TUESDAY NIGHT WHEN THE MAN ... WHO HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED SO FAR ... CONFRONTED THE OFFICER HOLDING WHAT'S DESCRIBED AS A "LARGE-EDGED WEAPON."

FARMINGTON POLICE SERGEANT JOSHUA LAINO SAYS THE PERSON WHO CALLED POLICE TOLD THE DISPATCHER THAT A MAN IN THE HOME HAD THROWN A SMALL CHILD FROM A BED, WAS ALSO HITTING A FEMALE AND BREAKING THINGS.

THE OFFICER ...WHO ALSO HASN'T BEEN IDENTIFIED ... IS ON PAID LEAVE WHILE STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE.