Dallas agent Amber Guyger faces charges of manslaughter after shooting down a neighbor

DALLAS, Texas –

A white Dallas police officer who confessed to having taken the apartment from his black neighbor on his own when she shot him, was arrested for manslaughter.

Agent Amber Guyger was arrested in Kaufman County Jail after being arrested on Sunday, the Texas Public Security Department said in a press release. The department said that the shooting investigation was ongoing and no additional information was available.

A prison worker said Guyger had been released on bail. The online files initially showed that she was in detention, but later she was not on the detainee list.

Guyger shot Thursday a 26-year-old man, Botham Jean, in Jean's apartment. The lawyers for Jean's family claimed Guyger's arrest, saying that the fact that she remained free a few days after the shooting showed that she was receiving favorable treatment. They held a press conference Sunday night, shortly before the announcement of the arrest, again calling for the officer's arrest and stating that their team had presented new evidence – a witness and a video – to the police. prosecutors. They did not provide details.

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Family lawyers were not available to comment after the arrest.

On Saturday, one of the lawyers, S. Lee Merritt, said the man's relatives did not call the authorities to jump to conclusions or to deny Guyger the right to due process. But he said that they wanted Guyger "to be treated like all other citizens and that, if there is evidence that they have committed a crime, there is a warrant and an arrest."

The Mothers Against Police Brutality group said the arrest was a "first step" towards justice and accountability, but that it should have happened sooner. Co-founder Sara Mokuria said the group expects transparency in the case.

Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings tweeted a statement Sunday evening in which he thanked the investigators, asked for prayers for John's family, and appreciated the fact that the citizens and leaders of the community

Police Chief U. Renee Hall said the day after the shooting that his department was seeking involuntary manslaughter against Guyger, a 30-year-old police veteran. But Hall said Saturday that the Texas Rangers, who took over the investigation, asked his department to stop because they had learned new information and wanted to investigate further before issuing a warrant.

Meanwhile, Jean's family also hired lawyer Benjamin Crump, known to have represented the families of Trayvon Martin and Michael Brown.

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According to the police, Guyger shot and killed Jean after returning in uniform to the South Side Flats, where they both had apartments after his shift. She reported the shooting to the dispatchers and told the officers who responded that she had mistaken Jean's apartment with his.

Many questions remain as to what led her to shoot Jean. Hall stated that the officer's blood had been taken from the scene so that he could test his alcohol and drugs. The investigators did not publish the results of these tests.

Jean's mother, Allison Jean, wondered if the race could be a factor. His son, who grew up in St. Lucia, a Caribbean island, before going to the University of Arkansas, is black. Guyger is white.

"If it was a white man, would it have been different? Would it have reacted differently?" Allison Jean said Friday.

Jean was not the first person shot by Guyger. She shot another man, Uvaldo Perez, on May 12, 2017, while he was on duty.

According to an affidavit in the case filed against Perez, the police were looking for a suspect when Guyger and another officer were called to help a third party. Perez came out of a car and became combative with Guyger and another officer. A fight began and Guyger pulled his Taser to Perez, who then ripped him off. She then fired her gun and fired, injuring Perez in the abdomen.

Guyger was not charged for the shoot of 2017.

Sgt. Mike Mata, president of Dallas' largest police organization, the Dallas Police Association, on Saturday called for "an open, transparent and comprehensive investigation into the event," reported the Dallas Morning News . He described John as an "extraordinary individual" and said that "if the grand jury deems it necessary, that officer should have to answer for his actions in a Dallas County Court".

Friends and family gathered Saturday at the West Dallas Church to remember Jean, who had been working for the PwC accounting firm since leaving Harding University. in Arkansas. They described John as a devout Christian and a talented singer.

"Botham did everything with passion," said Allison Jean at the prayer service. "God gave me an angel."

His uncle, Ignatius Jean, said the murder had devastated the family and left him looking for answers.

"You want to think that it's fiction … and you have to tackle the reality," he said.