WITNESS IN AMBER GUYGER CASE SHOT DEAD

A witness in the high-profile trial of Amber Guyger, the former Dallas police officer convicted of murdering her neighbour Botham Jean in his own apartment, was killed in a shooting Friday night, according to a lawyer representing the Jean family.

Joshua Brown, pictured, who lived in the same apartment complex as Jean and Guyger, was “shot several times by an unknown assailant,” attorney Lee Merritt said Saturday night on Twitter.

The Dallas Police Department has not confirmed Brown was the man killed, noting that the victim wasn’t carrying identification. But in an emailed statement, the department said officers had responded to reports of a shooting at the Atera apartment complex just after 10:30 p.m. on Friday. They arrived to find the victim lying on the ground in the parking lot with multiple gunshot wounds. Paramedics took him to Parkland Memorial Hospital, where he died of his injuries.

“Several witnesses heard several gunshots and observed a silver four-door sedan leaving the parking lot at a high rate of speed,” police said, adding that there are no suspects at the moment.

Brown’s death came three days after jurors convicted Guyger of murder and two days after they handed down a 10-year sentence.