Authorities say Joshua Brown, a witness in the murder trial of white Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, who fatally shot her black neighbor Botham Jean, has been killed in a shooting.
and sentenced the next day to 10 years in prison. Guyger, 31, was still in her police uniform after a long shift when, according to her testimony at trial, she said she mistook Jean’s apartment for her own, which was one floor below. She said she pushed open Jean’s unlocked door and shot the 26-year-old accountant from the Caribbean island nation of St. Lucia, thinking he was a burglar.
Police said in a news release that they responded to the shooting shortly after 10:30 p.m. Friday. They said several witnesses flagged officers down when they arrived and directed them to an apartment parking lot where the man who was shot was lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds.Witnesses told police they heard several gunshots and saw a silver four-door sedan speeding out of the parking lot, according to the police news release.Saturday that he spoke with Brown’s mother.
“She is devastated. We all are,” Merritt said. “Joshua Brown was a key witness in the murder of Botham Jean that helped put Amber Guyger away. We need answers.”
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