The mayor of Elyria has ordered a probe after the woman who lives at the home accused police of raiding the wrong house, an incident that she said left her baby with severe burns.

The mayor of Elyria, Ohio, has ordered an investigation after a woman alleged that police officers who raided her home had the wrong address and deployed flash-bang devices that sent her 1-year-old to the hospital with burns.

Police have offered a conflicting account of what happened Jan. 10, saying in a statement Friday that they had executed a search warrant at the correct address and the child did not “sustain any apparent, visible injuries.”

Courtney Price says audio from her Ring camera proves them wrong. In a clip shared exclusively with NBC News on Tuesday, someone can be heard saying “it’s the wrong house.” It is not clear who made the remark because the camera fell to the ground and went dark after police deployed the flash-bang devices.

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    10 months ago

    If someone barricades themselves in their home, why not just wait them out? Cut off power & water, couple days max.

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      10 months ago

      And if they have people in there they are threatening? Ah, well. They kill them its whatever right?

      Again, I’m very sorry, but yes…some times society is going to need police. we just need to fix the system because our current usage of the police is completely fucked.

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        10 months ago

        This isn’t tv. Cops aren’t going into a hostage situation as it is right now. Cops go in guns blazing when they are confident there is little threat, if there is actual threat they take their time.

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          10 months ago

          Which, again, leads back to my main point that how our police use these tactics is the issue not the tactics themselves.

          I’m glad you agree with me.