Source: Crime Online
“A Texas jury awarded nearly $100 million to the family of a man gunned down in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer who thought she was at her own apartment on a different floor. The jury awarded $60 million in punitive damages and $38.6 million in compensatory damages, ruling that Amber Guyger acted with malice or was reckless when she murdered Botham Jean in 2018, KDFW reported. The family had sought nearly $55 million in their lawsuit. Guyger was convicted in the shooting and sentenced to 10 years in prison, as CrimeOnline reported. Jean, 26, was sitting on his sofa eating ice cream on September 6, 2018, when Guyger, still in uniform, entered his apartment. She testified that she shot to kill because she believed she was entering her own apartment — actually on the floor below — and that Jean was an intruder.” (11/20/24)