The Dallas Police Department has fired Officer Amber Guyger after she fatally shot a black man in his own home earlier this month.
Guyger told investigators that she shot 26-year-old Botham Jean on Sept. 6 after she mistakenly entered what she believed was her apartment in the same complex and saw someone she thought was a burglar. The incident has raised tensions in Texas, with demonstrators demanding that she be fired.
On Sept. 9, Guyger was arrested and charged with manslaughter, as NPR’s Bill Chappell and Barbara Campbell reported. She posted a $300,000 bond and was quickly released.
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