Ex-Police Officer Charged With Murder in Shooting Unarmed Neighbor

A former police officer in Dallas, in the southwestern U.S. state of Texas, was charged Friday with murder in the shooting death of her unarmed black neighbor. Amber Guyger, the police officer, said she entered Botham Jean’s apartment thinking it was hers. Jean lived on the fourth floor of the apartment complex, while Guyger lived directly below him on the third floor. Guyger, who is white, told investigators when Jean, appeared in the darkness, she opened fire. She said she thought he...

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