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Manslaughter Charge For Dallas Police Officer Who Killed A Man In His Own Apartment

Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall said she had wanted to get a warrant for manslaughter against her own officer on Friday — but the Texas Rangers delayed that move.
The South Side Flats apartment building where Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger shot Botham Shem Jean is seen here in a street view from Google Maps.

Dallas police arrested officer Amber Guyger on manslaughter charges Sunday, after she shot and killed a man in his apartment last week. Guyger has said she mistakenly believed she had entered her own home in the same building.

Guyger, 30, is a four-year veteran of the Dallas Police Department. She shot Botham Shem Jean, 26, on Thursday night after

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