TW ⚠️// On the night of September 6, 2018, 26-year-old accountant Botham Jean was mvrdered when off-duty Dallas Police Department patrol officer Amber Guyger entered Jean's apartment in Dallas, Texas, and fatally sh0t him. Guyger said that she had entered Jean's apartment believing it was her own and believed Jean to be a burglar.
On September 6, 2018, Guyger left work at 9:33 p.m. at the end of a 13.5-hour shift. She drove to the apartment complex, parking her vehicle in the parking garage of the fourth floor at 9:46 pm. At this time, she was speaking over the phone with her partner, who had telephoned her during her journey home, in a conversation which lasted until 9:55 pm. Still armed with a handgvn but no longer wearing a body camera, Guyger walked to Jean's apartment, supposedly believing it was her own and failing to notice any signs that she was on the wrong floor, including a distinctive red doormat outside the apartment. Attempting to unlock the door, she noticed it was ajar. She entered the apartment and found Jean, who was sitting in his living room eating ice cream, unarmed. Guyger fired her handgvn twice at Jean, striking him in the chest. She would later testify that she believed him to be an intruder, and that she feared he would k1ll her.
The Dallas Police Department placed Guyger on paid administrative leave after the shooting. The department fired her on September 24, 2018.
Guyger is currently imprisoned in the Mountain View Correctional Center. She will be eligible for release as early as September 2024, although her full sentence runs until September 2029.
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