'I thought it was my apartment,' Amber Guyger is heard repeating in the bodycam video, which was shown at her murder trial in Dallas.
— mistaking his apartment for hers and believing he was a burglar — was shown for the first time in court Tuesday.after the shooting, is seen in the apartment of her neighbor, Botham Jean, briefly in one of the bodycam videos on the night of Sept. 6, 2018. Guyger was off duty but in uniform when she got home to her apartment complex, where she had moved in two months before.When the arriving officers ask her where Jean was shot, she replies:"Top left. Top left.
Dallas police Officer Michael Lee, whose bodycam was shown, testified at trial Tuesday that Jean still had a pulse, but was unable to communicate. Jurors got a look inside of Jean's apartment: It was cluttered with dishes and food left out. Light was emanating from a television and laptop. A bowl of vanilla ice cream that he had been eating was left beside the laptop. Prosecutors said it smelled of marijuana, which he used for his attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
The idea that Guyger, 31, could have missed all the sensory cues and entered Jean's apartment, then fired on him without determining she was in the wrong apartment, is at the heart of this trial, which resumes Wednesday with more testimony expected from investigators. The defense is arguing that while Guyger made a mistake, she did so without the criminal intent of murder, and believed she needed to defend herself because her life was in danger.
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