BREAKING: Dallas police officer found guilty of murder after killing neighbor in apartment she thought was her own…

by The Right Scoop

A Dallas police officer has just been found guilty of murder after she killed her neighbor. She said she thought she was entering her apartment:

Here’s more from NBC DFW:

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is guilty of murder in the deadly 2018 shooting of Botham Jean, a Dallas County jury ruled Tuesday.

The jury carried over deliberations to a second day after starting around 1 p.m. Monday when the defense rested.

Guyger faces between 5 and 99 years in prison after being convicted of murder. Court will resume at 1 p.m. Tuesday.

Judge Tammy Kemp instructed the jury Monday that it must decide if shooting Jean was reasonable under the circumstances or, if not, decide whether Guyger was guilty of murder or manslaughter.

Legal experts said they did not expect the jury to reach a decision quickly.

The red “jury call” light illuminated shortly after deliberations resumed Tuesday, indicating the jury sought attention from the court.

According to attorneys for the Jean family, the jury had two questions for the court. One concerned the definition of manslaughter, and the second was a request for more information about Castle Doctrine.

Those circumstances, according to Guyger’s own testimony, occurred when she mistakenly entered Jean’s apartment instead of her own in September 2018 and took him for an intruder who posed a threat to her life.

The jury was instructed by Kemp that they should first consider the murder charge and that if they did not find Guyger guilty of that charge they could consider the included offense of manslaughter. Kemp added that if members of the jury were torn on whether they should find Guyger guilty of murder or manslaughter, they should have resolved that conflict in the defendant’s favor by finding her guilty of the lesser charge.

We’ll update you with the sentencing once it is announced, which should come later this afternoon.


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