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Dallas officer enters apartment she mistakes for her own, fatally shoots man inside
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...t-she-mistakes-her-own-fatally-shoots-n907411
Dallas police said the officer called for help and told responding officers that "she entered the victim's apartment believing that it was her own."
A Dallas man was killed late Thursday when a police officer returning home from her shift entered the wrong apartment in her building and eventually opened fire, authorities said.
Details surrounding the death of Botham Shem Jean, a 26-year-old native of St. Lucia, were not immediately available early Friday.
His mother, Allie Jean, said in a phone interview from her St. Lucia home that his family was stunned to learn of his death.
"He did no one any wrong," she said.
Dallas police in a statement said that preliminary information suggests the officer involved called for help, and told responding officers that "she entered the victim's apartment believing that it was her own."
The incident began just before 10 p.m. CT (11 p.m. ET) at the South Side Flats, an upscale apartment complex directly south of Dallas' downtown.
During the encounter, the officer was in full uniform and "fired her weapon striking the victim," police said.
Jean was taken to the hospital and died. The Dallas County Medical Examiner later released his identity.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-new...t-she-mistakes-her-own-fatally-shoots-n907411
Dallas police said the officer called for help and told responding officers that "she entered the victim's apartment believing that it was her own."
A Dallas man was killed late Thursday when a police officer returning home from her shift entered the wrong apartment in her building and eventually opened fire, authorities said.
Details surrounding the death of Botham Shem Jean, a 26-year-old native of St. Lucia, were not immediately available early Friday.
His mother, Allie Jean, said in a phone interview from her St. Lucia home that his family was stunned to learn of his death.
"He did no one any wrong," she said.
Dallas police in a statement said that preliminary information suggests the officer involved called for help, and told responding officers that "she entered the victim's apartment believing that it was her own."
The incident began just before 10 p.m. CT (11 p.m. ET) at the South Side Flats, an upscale apartment complex directly south of Dallas' downtown.
During the encounter, the officer was in full uniform and "fired her weapon striking the victim," police said.
Jean was taken to the hospital and died. The Dallas County Medical Examiner later released his identity.