Dallas police officer cries and shakes as she testifies about the night she killed a neighbor in his own home, which she has said she mistook for her own unit one floor below.
Defense attorney Toby Shook measures the height of a keyhole as fired Dallas police officer Amber Guyger stand against the courtroom wall as she testifies in her murder trial, Friday, Sept. 27, 2019, in Dallas. Guyger is accused of shooting and killing Botham Jean, an unarmed 26-year-old neighbor in his own apartment last year. She told police she thought his apartment was her own and that he was an intruder.
Seeing someone inside, Guyger said she said, “Let me see your hands! Let me see your hands.” But she said she couldn’t see the person’s hands and he began coming toward her at a “fast-paced” walk. She said he yelled, “Hey, hey, hey!” right before she opened fire. Guyger’s testimony marked the first time the public has heard directly from her since she killed Jean, who was a 26-year-old accountant who grew up in the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia before coming to the U.S. for college.
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