Amber Guyger, ex-Dallas police officer who killed man after mistakenly entering his apartment, is released on parole

DALLAS — Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer who fatally shot an unarmed neighbor after mistakenly entering his apartment in 2018, was released from a Texas prison on parole Friday.

Guyger, 38, served seven years of the 10-year sentence handed down in October 2019 for the murder of Botham Jean, 26.

She left the Christina Melton Crain Unit in Gatesville on Friday. She will spend the rest of her sentence in the community, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said.

Jean’s loved ones were unhappy with Guyger’s early release but their greater sorrow stemmed from the 10-year sentence, family attorney Lee Merritt said Friday.

“We were opposed to her early release because we wanted her to at least do a maximum amount of time, the full 100%,” he said.

“But we realized that that was not always something that we were not guaranteed so it’s frustrating. But for the family, the frustration came at the point where she was sentenced to (just) 10 years, not just the release today.”

Robert L. Rogers, one of Guyger’s attorneys during the trial, could not be reached for comment Friday. He told WFAA-TV of Dallas this month that she has a place to…

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