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Dallas cop killer charged (at last) with manslaughter of Botham Jean

Christopher Koulouris: About author bio at bottom of article.
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Amber Renee Guyger
Pictured, Dallas Police Officer Amber Renee Guyger
Amber Renee Guyger
Pictured, Dallas Police Officer Amber Renee Guyger

Dallas Police Officer Amber Renee Guyger has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 26 year old man, Botham Shem Jean (four days after shooting death).

Dallas Police Officer Amber Renee Guyger has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of 26 year old man, Botham Jean. The charges follow the white female police officer claiming believing herself to be entering her own apartment, Thursday night when she shot dead the seemingly apparent, ‘black’ intruder.

Come Sunday night, WFAA reported Officer Amber Guyger being booked into Kaufman County Jail at 7.20pm on a charge of manslaughter.

Guyger posted bond of $300,000 and was expected to be released late Sunday. The charges come almost four days after the initial shooting, with commentators on social media who publicly outed the shooter (before the Dallas Police Dept were forced to corroborate the officer’s identity) aghast that no charges had been levied until Sunday evening’s announcement.

The Texas Rangers, who took over the investigation on Friday, said the investigation is ongoing and declined to offer further information about the case. 

The Rangers, a law enforcement group equivalent to state police, ran the investigation to avoid the appearance of any potential bias, Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall said at a press conference on Friday  

Dallas Police Officer Amber Renee Guyger: Does her story of wrong apartment add up?

Dallas News reported policewoman moving into the South Side Flats where Botham Jean was shot- about a month ago. The outlet cited a police saying saying the officer had never met Jean. Nevertheless social media remained awash in speculation that the woman who was able to gain entry into Jeans’ apartment may have been in a relationship with the PWC accountant and shot him after a ‘bad break-up’. To date no proof has been tended that the couple had previously met, alone been an item.

Upon returning home from a 12 hour shift in her uniform and shooting Jean dead, Guyger called police to report she’d just shot a man after believed herself to be entering her own apartment.

It remained unclear what interaction followed between the two and what transpired prior to Guyger using her weapon against Guyger. To date there had been no suggestion the PWC accountant had a weapon on his person or had responded with force. 

Of question is how Guyger was able to make her way into Jeans apartment and how she didn’t realize upon making her way in she was in fact in the wrong house.

Residents of the building said they can access their units with a key or through a keypad code. It is unclear whether Jean’s apartment door was locked at the time of the incident.

And then there were these responses immediately following the decision to book Amber Guyger that made this author wonder, see what you think…?

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