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What has happened since the shooting in September 2018?

At a press conference the day after the shooting, Dallas Police Chief Reneé Hall told reporters that Guyger’s blood was tested for drug and alcohol use — the results of which have not been released publicly, but might be used as evidence in the trial — and a warrant was issued for her arrest. Hall added it wasn’t clear what kind of interaction Guyger and Jean had when she entered the apartment. Guyger shot him, called 9-1-1 and police arrived in four minutes. Jean was taken to a hospital where he later died, Hall said.

Guyger was charged with manslaughter and arrested three days after the shooting.

Texas Rangers also arrived the day after the shooting to conduct an independent investigation.

Guyger was fired by the Dallas Police Department on Sept. 24, the same day as Jean’s funeral in St. Lucia. She had been employed by the police department for four years. Jean’s family attorneys called the firing a success, according to the AP, but were committed to seeing her sentenced for murder. Guyger’s attorney, Robert Rogers, called the decision to fire Guyger a bowing “to pressure from anti-police groups,” the AP reported. At the time, it was the first statement released by Guyger’s representatives since the shooting.

Rogers added “words can never express our sorrow for the pain suffered by those who knew and loved Botham Jean.”

TIME has reached out to Guyger’s attorney for comment.

Guyger was later released on a $300,000 bond, according to WFAA.

Adding to the already controversial case, the Dallas Police Department requested a search warrant for Jean’s apartment several hours after the shooting occurred, according to WFAA. The police found 10.4 grams of marijuana. The publication of the warrant (and its findings) drew immediate backlash, and some called it a “smear campaign” against Jean.

“It’s a pattern that we’ve seen before,” Lee Merritt, one of Jean’s family attorneys, told WFAA. “We have a cop who clearly did something wrong. And instead of investigating the homicide — instead of going into her apartment and seeing what they can find, instead of collecting evidence relevant for the homicide investigation — they went out specifically looking for ways to tarnish the image of this young man.”

By November 2018, a grand jury had upped the charge against Guyger from manslaughter to murder, and she now faces life in prison. Under a manslaughter charge, she faced 20 years in prison, according to the AP.

A jury was selected in September of 2019, and opening statements will begin Monday. The trial is expected to last two weeks.

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What could happen to Amber Guyger?

Guyger, 31, is facing life in prison should a jury find her guilty of murder. If she is found not guilty of murder, she could still face lesser charges of manslaughter or criminally negligent homicide, according to The Dallas Morning News. (That she pulled the trigger and killed Jean is not in dispute.)

Demographic information on the jury — who will be sequestered at the judge’s request — has not yet been made public.

Quote (Handcuffs @ Sep 23 2019 11:24pm)

Don't know that it meets the criteria for murder, but she should definitely go to prison for manslaughter.

Quote (Djunior @ Sep 23 2019 04:03pm)

I'm new to this one, someone enlighten me pls. Were these two apartments exactly similar, furniture and all of that?

Quote (caswallen @ Sep 23 2019 11:33pm)

this entire case is a fiasco...

how the fuck does someone walk into another persons house or apartment, and thinks it's their own?

and why didn't the man say "what the fuck are you doing in my apartment?" or something... this entire event could have been stopped with a simple "wtf moment"

Quote (GuyLadouche @ Sep 23 2019 11:40pm)

ya just a weird scenario.

don't know the details really but I think she had just gotten off a long shift.

but even then, you would think a police officer would lock her own door? (and realize it wasn't her place when key don't work?)

or just a person could realize quickly it wasn't their home?


just a strange sad case .

Quote (Ghot @ 24 Sep 2019 06:53)

She just got off long shift.
She lives in a large apt. bldg. All the floors are the same layout (hallways, doors, etc.)
She went to wrong "floor", opened door on dark apt., saw guy and shot, thinking it was her apt. (dark).

Who knows...

Could have been accident, could have been revenge for something, or even a fight, or possibly blackmail or something. Could be anything.

She should have better identified the victim, if it truly was accidental.

Quote (Ghot @ Sep 23 2019 10:53pm)

She just got off long shift.
She lives in a large apt. bldg. All the floors are the same layout (hallways, doors, etc.)
She went to wrong "floor", opened door on dark apt., saw guy and shot, thinking it was her apt. (dark).

Who knows...

Could have been accident, could have been revenge for something, or even a fight, or possibly blackmail or something. Could be anything.

She should have better identified the victim, if it truly was accidental.