DALLAS (Court TV/AP) — A former Dallas police officer convicted of killing her neighbor is now eligible for parole.
In 2019, a Texas jury found Amber Guyger guilty of first-degree murder in the death of 26-year-old Botham Jean. At trial, Guyger testified she thought Jean was an intruder in her apartment when she fatally shot him.
Amber Guyger speaks with her attorney during a break in her murder trial in the 204th District Court at the Frank Crowley Courts Building in Dallas, Tuesday, September 24, 2019. (Tom Fox/The Dallas Morning News/Pool)
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In Sept. 2018, Guyger was off-duty but still dressed in her police uniform after a long shift when she shot Jean with her service weapon. Guyger walked up to Jean’s apartment — which was on the fourth floor, directly above hers on the third — and found the door unlocked. The 26-year-old accountant had been eating a bowl of ice cream before Guyger entered his home, reported the Associated Press .