A Dallas officer comes into the apartment, she is mistaken for herself

A Dallas man was killed on Thursday night when a police officer returned home after his shift entered the wrong apartment of his building and finally opened fire, authorities said.

The details of the death of 26-year-old Botham Shem Jean from Saint Lucia were not immediately available early Friday.

His mother, Allie Jean, said in a phone interview from his St. Lucia home that his family was stunned to learn of his death.

"He did not hurt anyone," she said.

In a statement, the Dallas police said preliminary information suggested that the officer involved had called for help and told police officers "that she entered the victim's apartment thinking that was his.

The incident started just before 22 hours. CT (11 pm ET) at South Side Flats, an upscale apartment complex located directly south of downtown Dallas.

During the meeting, the policeman was in uniform and "shot with his gun at the victim," police said.

Jean was taken to the hospital and died. The Dallas County Medical Examiner then released his identity.

The officer was not immediately identified and was placed on administrative leave during the investigation.

At a press conference Friday morning, Dallas Police Sergeant Warren Mitchell said they had not yet questioned the police officer and did not speculate on whether she had mistakenly entered a police station. other apartment and believed that the man already inside was an intruder.

"We still have a lot to do in this investigation," added Mitchell.

Allie Jean said that her son lived in a closed apartment complex and that there was no reason to trust anyone on his doorstep.

"It's that kind of person," she says.

But she asked how the situation could have degenerated into a shootout of her son.

"Someone must be crazy not to realize that they have entered the wrong apartment," Allie Jean said. "It's a single person, things are different on the inside."

"And if you try your key and it does not work, it should make you realize that you are in the wrong apartment," she added. "Each door for each apartment is also numbered."

Allie Jean said that she would talk with her son every day, usually before 10 pm, but thought that it could have come out after she had not heard from him.

She remembered her son, nicknamed Bo, as St. Lucia's best student, who loved to play the role of choirmaster at the church. She said she graduated from Harding University in Arkansas in 2016, and then stayed in the United States after an internship with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Dallas where he worked in the Risk Management Department.

"We were very, very close," Allie Jean said. "We talked about everything, politics, Botham loved everyone and everyone loved him."

Her sister, Allisa Charles-Findley, had also spoken to her before her death: "My brother is my best friend," she said. "My heart is broken beyond repair."