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Always Lock Your Door

Dallas, Texas, police officer Amber Guyger arrived home after working a 12-hour shift. She was still in uniform when she went in her door — and discovered a man inside her apartment. She shot him to death. The only problem: Guyger, 30, was on the wrong floor of the apartment building; it wasn’t her apartment. Botham Shem Jean, 26, who worked in risk assurance for accounting firm PriceWaterhouseCoopers, was in his own home. It is unclear how Guyger got into Jean’s apartment, or why she didn’t immediately realize the decorations there were not her own. Dallas Police Chief Renee Hall says Guyger will likely face manslaughter charges, and said she turned the investigation over to the Texas Rangers, the state’s investigative agency. “We’re going to make sure justice is served,” promised Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings. Any other shooter would be in jail, so when will Guyger be arrested? “The Texas Rangers are now in charge,” Rawlings said. “Chief Hall is not calling the shots.” (RC/Dallas Morning News, Ft. Worth Star Telegram) ...You know, that’s probably the worst choice of words he could have come up with.