Amber Guyger now eligible for parole for murder of Botham Jean

Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger is eligible for parole starting Sunday.

Guyger is serving a 10-year prison sentence for the murder of Botham Jean in his Dallas apartment in 2018.

Jean was Guyger’s upstairs neighbor. She said she mistook him for an intruder when she entered his apartment instead of hers.

The shooting sparked protests in Dallas and attracted nationwide attention.

Guyger, 36, was sentenced to 10 years in prison in October 2019.

The Dallas County District Attorney’s Office told the Dallas Morning News it was protesting Guyger’s parole.

The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles should grant parole so she can be released early.

She is currently in the Patrick L. O’Daniel Unit in Gatesville, Texas, about 40 miles west of Waco.

If Guyger is not granted parole, his expected release date is September 29, 2029.