Dallas police identify officer that entered wrong apartment, killed man [View all]
Source: NBC News
An attorney representing the victim's family said they want the officer arrested. The Texas Rangers are investigating.
by Phil Helsel / Sep.08.2018 / 10:01 PM ET
Dallas police on Saturday identified the officer who is believed to have entered the wrong apartment and fatally shot the resident there, but said the Texas Rangers have decided to postpone a decision to pursue any arrest warrant.
Officer Amber Guyger, who has been on the force for four years, allegedly went into the wrong apartment in her building Thursday and fatally shot Botham Shem Jean, a 26-year-old native of the Caribbean island of St. Lucia.
Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall said Friday that the department was in the process of obtaining a warrant for manslaughter, but the investigation was turned over to the Texas Rangers.
Police said Saturday that the Texas Rangers "made the decision to postpone pursuing a warrant, until they could follow up on information that they received from the interview with the officer."
Read more: https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/dallas-police-identify-officer-entered-wrong-apartment-killed-man-n907841
(There's another video, lower on the page, showing Botham Shem Jean singing in church.)
Amber Guyger: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know
By Jessica McBride
Updated Sep 8, 2018 at 10:11pm
Amber Guyger, who has been on the Dallas police force for four years and was involved in a previous shooting, was named by the Dallas Police Department as the officer who shot and killed a well-liked Saint Lucian businessman named Botham Shem Jean after authorities say she may have mistakenly gone to Jean’s apartment, thinking it was her own.
“The officer involved in this incident has been identified as Officer Amber Guyger #10702. She has been on the department four years and she is assigned to the Southeast Patrol Division,” Dallas police said in a statement on the evening of September 8, 2018.
Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall previously said that police had enough evidence to seek a warrant for manslaughter, but police revealed on Saturday that the Texas Rangers, who took over the investigation, are still investigating and wanted to wait on any warrant. Online records show that Amber Guyger has long ties to Texas and is 30-years-old.
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