Dallas officer in wrong apartment fatally shoots neighbor

 

September 7, 2018



DALLAS (AP) — Authorities are seeking a manslaughter warrant for a Dallas police officer who shot and killed a neighbor after she said she mistook his apartment for her own, police said Friday.

It was not clear what the officer may have said to 26-year-old Botham Jean after entering his home late Thursday. But given what investigators currently know about the case, they decided to pursue a manslaughter case, police said.

"Right now, there are more questions than we have answers," Police Chief U. Renee Hall said at a news conference Friday afternoon. She said she spoke to Jean's sister to expre...



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