Dallas dismissed from lawsuit over police shooting

DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge has ruled the city of Dallas is not liable for an off-duty police officer fatally shooting a man in his own apartment last year. On Monday, U.S. District Judge Barbara Lynn dismissed the city from civil lawsuit that the family of Botham Jean brought after the 26-year-old was killed... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 9, 2019

Search ongoing for 3rd suspect in cop trial witness slaying

DALLAS (AP) — Police in Dallas continue to search for a third suspect in the killing of a witness who testified at the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer. Investigators say 22-year-old Thaddeous Green remains at large Wednesday following the shooting death last week of Joshua Brown in what police say was a... Read More

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Amber Guyger, Thaddeous Green

October 8, 2019

Lawyer: Other shooting left slain Dallas witness fearful

DALLAS (AP) — A man who was slain after testifying in the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer had feared being a witness because of another incident in which he was shot and wounded outside a nightclub, an attorney for his family said Monday. Police said Monday that detectives were continuing to investigate... Read More

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Amber Guyger, Joshua Brown

October 7, 2019

Witness in ex-Dallas officer’s murder trial shot and killed

DALLAS (AP) — A witness in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor has been killed in a shooting, the Dallas Morning News reported, citing authorities. The newspaper reported that authorities said Joshua Brown, who lived in the same apartment complex as Amber Guyger and Botham Jean,... Read More

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Amber Guyger, Joshua Brown

October 7, 2019

Dallas mayor: Avoid speculation after Guyger witness death

DALLAS (AP) — The mayor of Dallas is urging people to avoid speculation after a key witness in a Dallas police officer’s murder trial was shot to death days after the officer’s conviction. Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said on Twitter that he trusts Dallas police will conduct a thorough investigation into the death of Joshua... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 4, 2019

Judge’s hug not embraced by all after Dallas officer’s trial

DALLAS (AP) — Judges don’t usually hug convicted murderers in the courtroom or hand them Bibles before sending them off to prison. That is what made Judge Tammy Kemp’s actions so extraordinary in the closing moments of the trial of a white former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor. The tearful embrace... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 3, 2019

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who said she mistook a neighbor’s apartment for her own and fatally shot him in his living room was sentenced to a decade in prison in a stunning courtroom scene that included the dead man’s brother and the black judge embracing the sobbing officer. People outside of... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 2, 2019

Dallas officer who fatally shot neighbor faces sentencing

DALLAS (AP) — The same jury that convicted a white Dallas police officer in the fatal shooting of her black neighbor returns to court Wednesday to consider her sentence — a penalty that could be anywhere from five years to life in prison. Amber Guyger, who said she mistook the man’s apartment for her own,... Read More

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Amber Guyger

October 1, 2019

Deliberations set to resume in Dallas ex-cop’s murder trial

DALLAS (AP) — A jury is set to resume deliberations in the murder trial of a former Dallas police officer who fatally shot her neighbor in his apartment. Amber Guyger is charged in the September 2018 killing of Botham Jean. The jury can convict Guyger of murder, manslaughter or can choose to acquit. Jurors deliberated... Read More

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Amber Guyger

September 27, 2019

Security bristles around Texas police shooting trial

DALLAS (AP) — Four Texas officers carrying handguns wait in the dim early morning light for a petite 31-year-old woman to arrive. When Amber Guyger emerges from a black SUV, she is guarded by men with dark suits and close-cropped hair. The armed officers join them, forming a perimeter around Guyger as she walks toward... Read More

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Amber Guyger

September 26, 2019

Investigator says cop didn’t commit crime; jury not present

DALLAS (AP) — The judge in the murder trial of a white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment blocked the lead investigator from telling jurors Wednesday that he didn’t think the shooting was a crime. David Armstrong of the Texas Department of Public Safety testified for a second day... Read More

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Amber Guyger

September 25, 2019

Dallas officer on trial had no drugs, alcohol in system

DALLAS (AP) — A white Dallas police officer who fatally shot her black neighbor in his apartment last year had no drugs or alcohol in her system at the time, a police detective testified Tuesday. Detective Eddie Ibarra’s testimony during the second day of Amber Guyger’s murder trial marked the first time her toxicology results... Read More

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Amber Guyger

September 24, 2019

Jurors in Texas murder trial hear officer’s 911 call

DALLAS (AP) — The second day of testimony in the murder trial for a Texas police officer charged in the shooting death of her neighbor began Tuesday with jurors hearing the officer’s frantic call to 911 following the shooting. In the 911 call, Amber Guyger tells a dispatcher that she shot Botham Jean because she... Read More

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Amber Guyger

September 23, 2019

Trial begins for ex-Dallas cop who shot neighbor in his home

DALLAS (AP) — Opening statements are set to begin Monday in the murder trial of a white police officer accused of shooting her black neighbor in his Dallas apartment. Amber Guyger, 31, is expected in a city courthouse Monday morning, where she will stand trial for the fatal shooting of 26-year-old Botham Jean last year.... Read More

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Amber Guyger

Dallas dismissed from lawsuit over police shooting

Search ongoing for 3rd suspect in cop trial witness slaying

Lawyer: Other shooting left slain Dallas witness fearful

Witness in ex-Dallas officer’s murder trial shot and killed

Dallas mayor: Avoid speculation after Guyger witness death

Judge’s hug not embraced by all after Dallas officer’s trial

Forgiveness, anger after ex-Dallas cop sentenced to 10 years

Dallas officer who fatally shot neighbor faces sentencing

Deliberations set to resume in Dallas ex-cop’s murder trial

Security bristles around Texas police shooting trial

Investigator says cop didn’t commit crime; jury not present

Dallas officer on trial had no drugs, alcohol in system

Jurors in Texas murder trial hear officer’s 911 call

Trial begins for ex-Dallas cop who shot neighbor in his home

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