DALLAS, TEXAS - A Dallas jury found former police officer Amber Guyger guilty of murder on Tuesday, after she accidentally walked into a neighbor's apartment thinking it was her own and shot him dead as he ate ice cream.
The September 6, 2018, killing of Botham Jean, a 26-year-old black PwC accountant, by a white officer sparked street protests, particularly when prosecutors initially opted to bring the lesser charge of manslaughter against Guyger, 31. "We the jury unanimously find the defendant Amber Guyger guilty of murder as charged in the indictment," Judge Tammy Kemp read aloud to the courtroom from the jurors' statement. A sob, which sounded like it came from Guyger's bench, cut the judge off and Kemp paused to address the courtroom: "No outbursts."
Guyger, who spent four years on the force before the killing, faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison for the slaying. She took the rare step of testifying in her own defense during her trial, tearfully expressing regret for shooting Jean but saying she had believed her life was in danger when she pulled the trigger.
"I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry. I have to live with this every single day," Guyger told the jury of eight women and four men.
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