Amber Guyger, who is charged with murder in the killing of her neighbor Botham Jean, was the first witness that her lawyers called.
A Dallas police officer started to cry and shake Friday as she began to testify about the night sheAmber Guyger broke down while she recalled approaching her neighbor Botham Jean’s door, leading the judge to call for a brief break so she could compose herself.
“I just wanted to help people and that was the one career that I thought I could help people in,” said Guyger, who was fired from the police force after she shot and killed Jean.Guyger’s testimony marked the first time the public has heard directly from the 31-year-old since Jean’s killing last September. Jean was a 26-year-old native of the Caribbean nation of St. Lucia who worked as an accountant in Dallas.
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