Dallas Police identified the off-duty, uniformed police officer who shot and killed a black man in his own apartment as Amber Guyger, a four-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. Guyger claims that she mistook Botham Jean’s South Side Flats unit for her own.

Dallas Cop Who Killed Botham Shem Jean After Intruding into His Home Identified [Updated]

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