Dallas officer goes home to wrong apartment, kills man inside

[alexora]

Originally Posted by mrpoopybut

^Right, but at the time of his death he wasn't doing better than her, as they lived in the same place. So your supposition that jealousy caused the killing seems unlikely given she knew nothing of his circumstances.

Living in the same place is not the measure of such things: I reside in a block with almost 150 apartments, all of them pretty much identical.

There is much diversity among my fellow residents: many are high earning professionals (doctors, lawyers, financial sector workers, etc) while others are unemployed and living on benefits.

Some residents are renting, other residents own their homes...

[ghost2509]

U.S. Supreme Court rejects request to review ex-Dallas cop Amber Guyger’s murder case

The Dallas Morning News
msn.com
Krista M. Torralva
Nov. 7, 2022

The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to review the case of former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who is serving a 10-year prison sentence for the murder of Botham Jean in his apartment.

The high court’s refusal to hear Guyger’s case upholds her 2019 conviction and sentence. Through a series of appeals, Guyger argued her mistaken belief that she was in her own apartment should negate her culpability for murder.

The Supreme Court did not vote on the merits of her argument. Guyger’s defense lawyer, Michael Mowla, did not respond to a request for comment.

Guyger, 34, testified at her trial that she believed she was entering her apartment on the third floor of the Southside Flats Apartments when she got home from work the night of Sept. 6, 2018.

Guyger, who is white, said she shot to kill Jean, who was Black, because she thought he was an intruder. Guyger was instead on the wrong floor and entered Jean’s apartment, which was directly above hers.

Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, was eating ice cream on the couch and had gotten up when Guyger, still wearing her police uniform, entered his apartment, prosecutors said. He was shot in the chest and died at Baylor University Medical Center.

Another officer who testified, Michael Lee, said he would have taken a “position of cover” and used his police radio to call for help if he were in a similar situation. He also said he was trained to wait for more officers before entering premises during burglary calls. During her testimony, Guyger acknowledged she could have retreated from the apartment and called for backup police officers instead of shooting her gun.

Mowla, Guyger’s appeals lawyer, has argued she had the right to use deadly force in self-defense.

Guyger appealed to the highest court in the land after the state’s Court of Criminal Appeals also declined to review her case this year. The last court to hear her case, the Fifth Court of Appeals in Dallas, rejected her argument last year.

Guyger may become eligible for parole in 2024.

[ghost2509]

Former Dallas cop Guyger denied parole after serving half of murder sentence

Fort Worth Star-Telegram
yahoo.com
Lillie Davidson
October 11, 2024

The former Dallas police officer convicted in the 2018 shooting of a man in his own apartment has been denied parole, according to online records from the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

Amber Guyger was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2019 for killing 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean, a Black man she mistook for an intruder.

The parole hearing was Guyger’s first, and comes halfway through her sentence.

According to the online records from the TDCJ, Guyger was denied parole because of the nature of her offense and because she “poses a continuing threat to public safety.”

Guyger appealed her conviction two years ago, but lost the appeal, according to online records from the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.

“My family feels a sense of relief having gone through the process and made a strong petition for denial,” Jean’s mother, Alison, told CBS Texas.

Guyger will be eligible to apply for parole again in October 2026, according to the online records.

[4dude]

Ya anyone that can blindly go into an apartment and kill someone doesnt deserve anthing!!

Couldnt she tell by everything inside it wasnt her pad???

[BooBootheBear]

I'm not familiar with all aspects of this case but I do have one glaring question.

How come her key worked in his front door lock?