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Texas Jury Convicts Ex-Police Officer Who Fatally Shot Neighbor

Associated Press

   DALLAS, TEXAS - A white former Dallas police officer who said she
   fatally shot her unarmed, black neighbor after mistaking his apartment
   for her own was found guilty of murder on Tuesday.
   A jury reached the verdict in Amber Guyger's high-profile trial for the
   killing of Botham Jean after six days of witness testimony but just a
   handful of hours of deliberation.
   The basic facts of the unusual shooting were not in dispute throughout
   the trial. In September 2018, Guyger walked up to Jean's apartment -
   which was on the fourth floor, directly above hers on the third - and
   found the door unlocked. She was off duty but still dressed in her
   police uniform after a long shift when she shot Jean with her service
   weapon. The 26-year-old accountant had been eating a bowl of ice cream
   before Guyger entered his home.

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