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Botham Jean killing: Off-duty police officer who fatally shot man in his own home, has been charged with manslaughter

The white female officer was returning home after her shift when she went into the wrong apartment and is suspected to have thought the victim was an intruder.
UPDATED SEP 10, 2018

According to the authorities, one white female officer from Dallas had been arrested and charged with manslaughter after she shot and killed a black man inside his own home last week because she mistook his apartment for her own. 30-year-old Amber Guyger was charged on September 9 night at the Kaufman County Jail. Her bond had been set at $300,000 and she was taken into custody by the Texas Rangers. The officer has been accused of killing 26-year-old Botham Jean inside his apartment in the South Side Flats building on September 6 night after she walked inside the home thinking it was hers. Guyger had just finished her shift and had still been in her uniform.

Guyger, 30, was arrested Sunday at 6:37 p.m. in Kaufman County but she posted $300,000 bond and was released Sunday night before 8:30 p.m., the Kaufman County Sheriff's Office said. The unfortunate incident had caused a massive stir on social media and many users had called for the police officer's immediate arrest.

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