Officer Arrested For Killing Man In His Apartment; Says She Thought It Was Her Home

A Dallas police officer returning home to South Side Flats from work shot and killed a neighbor on Thursday night after she said she mistook his apartment for her own, authorities said Friday.

Ryan Tarinelli / AP

Updated: 9:15 p.m. ET on Sept. 9

A police officer in Dallas has been arrested after she shot and killed a young man inside his own apartment on Thursday night, saying later that she mistakenly believed she had entered her own home.

The officer, Amber Guyger, 30, was issued a warrant for manslaughter by the 7th District Court in Dallas County, the Texas Rangers said in a statement on Sunday. “The investigation is ongoing and no additional information is available at this time,” the statement said.