A Dallas police officer has been charged with manslaughter in the shooting death of a 26-year-old accountant. An independent investigation by the Texas Rangers determined there was enough evidence to charge Officer Amber Guyger, who shot Botham Shem Jean at his own apartment door on Friday, Sept. 7.
Jail records show Guyger was arrested on Sunday, Sept. 9., and released on $300,000 bond.
Guyger, 30, who is also known by an alias Amy Gyger, was a member of the Dallas police force for four years. She was the only female member of an “elite critical response team of about 10 officers who make high-risk arrests in the division’s crime hot spots.”
After working a 15-hour shift (including overtime) on Friday, Guyger arrived home around 7:30 p.m. (CST) at the upscale South Side Flats apartments located several blocks from police headquarters.
She reportedly parked her car on the wrong floor of the parking deck, and walked to Mr. Jean’s apartment, which was one floor up from hers and the only apartment in the hallway with a red doormat.
When her key didn’t work in the lock, Mr. Jean opened the door, startling her.
According to the Dallas Police, Guyger, who was described as “tired,” was “confronted” by Mr. Jean when he opened his door.
No words were exchanged before Guyger unholstered her service weapon and shot Jean, who was pronounced dead at a local hospital on Friday.
Guyger’s key was still in Jean’s door lock when police and paramedics arrived.
Building management said the doors can be unlocked by a key, an electronic keypad and a key fob which is uniquely programmed for each door.
When Guyger tried to turn her key, the electronic keypad flashed red — indicating she was at the wrong door. But she continued turning the key until Jean opened the door.
A neighbor several doors down from Jean’s apartment claims she heard a cop yelling “Open up! Open up!” prior to the gunshot.
Jean was an accountant who worked as a risk assessment associate for the consulting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers in Dallas.
He hailed from a prominent St. Lucian family of politicians and government ministers. He graduated from Harding University and he also studied accounting and mathematics at St. Mary’s College. Jean was a Young Leaders president, a member of the debate team and he sang in the choir.
He also mentored youth at the College Church of Christ in Searcy, Arkansas.
Hundreds of mourners turned out on Saturday for a “celebratory prayer vigil” at Dallas West Church of Christ on Sunday. Mourners included his mother, Allison Jean, who arrived on Saturday from her native St. Lucia.
“Botham loved God. Botham loved you. Botham loved mankind,” Allison Jean said. “Botham is singing with the angels, and I want to be in that choir. I want to see my son again.”
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It’s a shame that this happened. He was a such a nice looking young man and a follower of Christ who had his whole life to look forward too. I do believe they are trying to cover something up.
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Too many holes in the story and they are not forthcoming with much information. I just think that if it was the other way around the outcome definitely be much different. R.I.H young man.
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Yes!!!! and what she’s saying is straight bullshit. They know this bitch is lying too. she needed a reason to kill him.
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Too many holes in the story
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Exactly!!!
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ya can’t make lies make sense … not ever … chile ….
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Yes Trace seems BACK!!!!
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Some are saying that they used to date but I’m guessing that’s not the case anymore?
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This trigger happy biatch!!!!!
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The Dallas Police is trying to cover this up! You can’t believe everything you read. This doesn’t make sense and she is gonna get off with shooting this man in cold blood. It’s hard out here for a black man.
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But what is there to cover up? Unless she shot him in cold blood knowing full well this wan’t her apt. and if so, what was her motive?
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I agree……..this story makes absolutely NO sense no matter how you spin it.
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They’re already making her into the victim. Cooking up a nice white angelic story so when she gets “time served”, desk duty, a raise and a book deal Black people won’t go crazy. Even his own mother has forgiven her because “she’s a Christian” which is the subliminal reaction white america expects the Black community to have as well. Like “sure we understand, it was a mistake” only thing is her mistake can’t and won’t bring back HIS LIFE!!!
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This bitch needs to fry…period point blank….
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First,she needs to be behind bars
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This bish looks like a strsight meth head. They waited before releasing her name, showing her face or even charging her because she was white…and they were scrambling trying to think of a fabricated lie as to why she shot this young black man. They couldn’t come up with any thing else but to say she ” thought” that she was at her own apartment. Because she is white…or course the charges will be dropped to manslaughter……and they are going to go with what works…..”She was scared for her life.” Black people not going to do shit but march, protest, take to twitter etc…and a week later shit it forgotten because you can’t miss the final episode of Power. …….and they know that….that’s why they keep killing blacks and getting away with it. Sadly, blacks don’t get that white America only UNDERSTANDS Money…..and when blacks quit spendING MONEY SO ABUNDANTLY with white people….NOTHING WILL EVER CHANGE. Another black man killed by the white oppressors. I mean praying is cool and all…but I could have sworn God said MEET ME on the battlefield. Stand up and fight black people…in some type of way, form or fashion. #ColinKapernick
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She’s an armed police officer, so she had the upper hand, how the hell were “no words exchanged?” She could have held him at gun point, and I’m sure if she gave the man two f*cking seconds to talk, this could have been avoided! And this bumbling imbecile is walking around with a gun and a badge all day…clearly she was terrified and felt threatened by a black man to not even allow a single MOMENT of communication that could have saved his life..stupid f*cking c*nt I hope she burns in the pits of hell for what she did to this man.
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Sadly I doubt she will face any time. 😥
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Good GOD! He was an upstanding Man, and still was Killed by the police in his own residence. They HATE us!
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Until we take up arms the murders will continue. Why wouldn’t they? Several Sheriffs in my station were jailed for forming a tattooed gang dedicated to taking out targeted minorities. One jailed was elected by the populace. The Browning of America has yts shook…while we stand aside. Prayer is nice but only action will be understood.
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I believe she purposely killed him. 😡
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I don’t know what kind of finances this family has but I hope they can get a high powered lawyer to make sure she does a stretch of time and to sue the breaks off of this bytch.
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It appears he is from a prominent family in St. Lucia. Prime Minister just flew into Dallas.
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Manslaughter? This woman should be charged with murder. This disgrace of a police officer is a prime example why Colin Kaepernick had to kneel and paved the way for all of these new woke athletes, to speak out on obvious racism against black people. Corrupt cops and other cops who protect them, make it bad for honorable police officers.
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This is sad. May he rest in peace.
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She’ll get sentenced to 2 years and released early for good behavior…
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I expect a light sentence too. Maybe not 2 years. I’m thinking maybe a 10 years sentence maximum, and she’ll be out of prison after serving 5. And she’ll probably get way less if her family has money and can afford a high-powered attorney.
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This right here is so very disturbing.
Thank you Tracy for posting about this one.
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EXTREMELY!!! I’m so heated over this.
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The bullshit is, she ONLY got charged with manslaughter when she shoulda got charged with murder!…. This was not no accident!!! FOH!!!~
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Unfortunately we will never know what actually happened. Dude ain’t here to tell his side of the story and this bitch is suspect.
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Just heard on the news her charges may be upgraded
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I sure hope so because manslaughter is not enough
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This story just sickens me.
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This “brutha” told this “otha” that he didn’t want to smash anymore so she literally took the law into her own hands and killed him. She won’t do much time if any.
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so she standing HER ground, in HIS home? I’m SO tired of yt folks….
RIP to this young man, and prayers AND justice for his fam, smh.
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This pig is lying!!!! 😡 😥
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She is lying…whole situation is suspicious. I watched the candlelight vigil they had at his alma mater and found myself crying for this young man, god bless his family.
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It’ll end up being an accidental shooting and she’ll get off.
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They are already crafting a defense for this bitch.
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There are so many different stories. smh. They need to get to the bottom of this.
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I wonder when she got off work, did she remember where her car was parked? Did she remember her way home? Did she not see the numbers in the parking garage which indicates what level she was on? Is she blind and can’t read the numbers that was on the apartment door? I’m just trying to understand when her amnesia kicked in when she forgot where her apartment was located
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Again, she ain’t doing no time. It was “an honest mistake, made by an honest cop”
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It doesn’t matter if we’re buying skittles and tea, or selling cigarettes and now if we’re asleep in our own home. We have no place of safety.
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I said her story would change and she would bring up “large and black” someone argued with me about it tho lol.
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This story is filled with holes…I think she knew him and he brushed her off after giving her the “D’ once or twice because she was crazy…the neighbors said they heard her banging on the door saying “let me in”…I wouldn’t put it past her…just another yt girl with delusions of grandeur…
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This raggedy ass bitch! She knew she wasn’t in the right apartment this whole story fucking stinks. She should have never been given bail. Smdh
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Exactly! A low azz bail at that! TF! She murdered a man and only gets a $300,000 bail????? Stayed locked up for 30 minutes while being processed and dipped. SMH
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This is sooooo sketchy. I try not to even entertain foolish conspiracies but this stinks to high hell.
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I really feel like this was done on purpose because he either shot her down and her feelings were hurt or because he lived directly above her (she was in apt# 1378 and he was in #1478) maybe she got pissed because of the noise? Not saying if either of those turn out to be true that she was in the right, because neither of those excuses are reason to kill someone! His neighbors had nothing but good things to say about him. I’m def following this story because I really want to know what type of justice will be served, if any.
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I dont give a shit what she “thought” she saw or heard…bottom line is a innocent black man is dead for doing nothing more than being in HIS home, where is supposed to be safe. This heffa needs to go to jail for the rest of her pitiful life!!! No excuses!!! No investigation!!! She shot and killed a man in his own home….period. She is trying her best to get out of this!!! And here is a prime example of trigger happy ass cops……if you see a dark figure….your first instinct is to shoot?? You knew you were not at your apartment when the damn key did not work…FIRST CLUE!! So what did you think?? Somebody broke into your place and changed the locks on you??? Fucking stupid as broad with a stupid ass lie….I hope you fry…I hope they give your dumb ass the needle!!!! TAKE RESPONSIBILITY! ……ugh…let me stop cause I have gotten so pissed off at this story. 😡
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I keep praying that justice will be served for this innocent young man.This story is making me get so heated, I have to close my door at work for fear of going awwfff!!
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Sounds like a case of rejected white girl with false sense of entitlement. Sounds like she threw herself at him previously and was rejected. White girls can’t take rejection from black men. They will either turn up dead or in jail!!! He’s too squeaky clean to plant drugs or say he was in gang. So killing him and making up this bogus story and having faith in her whiteness was her only other option.
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She can save those lies. Two of the man’s neighbors have already come forth and said they heard a woman banging, yelling and knocking on a door screaming “let me in.” This disputes her claim of the door was open. The fact is, it’s easy to lie when the only other witness is dead.
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she claims she commanded him to STOP!!!
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Why should he obey the command of a tresspasser? I read yesterday that she claimed the door was ajar, she entered and saw a figure in her apartment. Why not back out and call for backup? After putting two bullets in him, she goes out and paces the hallway, not bothering to help him.
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YO!!!
This was a planned hit. As an accountant he uncovered some fraudulent numbers and intended to notify the feds. The cop was moved in a month early to give the story plausibility. She has either a drug problem or a gambling problem, look at the bags under her eyes. That’s not from crying or lack of sleep for one day. Those bags are from months of unrest. She was chosen to take out the HIT.
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Hm…never thought of it that way. anything is possible. and it doesn’t add up.
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Whoever sent her to do the hit didn’t give her good guidance on how to make it look like an accidentally shooting so her story is all over the place. She keeps trying to find a story line that makes sense but she can’t.
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Sane I agree with you 100%
This is a suspect race soldier committing a extrajudicial murder and the system working to protect her. Nothing is going to happen to her.
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I agree too that this was something other than a mistake.
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This story changes day by day minit by minit….I am sick of “her version..
The family needs some truth.. this bitch continues to lie. She has no clue what happened because she was high,drunk or both. If that was a Black Cop and he had “mistakenly” shot an unarmed white woman in her apt, he would’ve been behind bars.
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It gets more convoluted every day. So sad the young man died and can’t tell the world from his viewpoint and that was the plan. The fact that she was sent to kill him will be lost in the diversion narrative being used as her story.
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