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NEWS AT
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+@
>> THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.
US.
US. I'M
US. I'M CHRIS LAWRENCE.
WE HAVE HAD A VERY BUSY DAY
HERE IN THE WFAA NEWS ROOM
TRACKING ALL OF THE
DEVELOPMENTS COMING OUT OF
AMBER GUYGER'S MURDER TRIAL.
IT IS NOT A STRETCH TO SAY THIS
IS THE BIGGEST MURDER TRIAL TO
HAPPEN HERE IN DALLAS IN
DECADES.
DECADES.
DECADES. AND TODAY WE SAW BOTH SI+@DES
PAINTING A VERY DIFFERENT
PICTURE OF THE MINUTES+@ LEADIN
UP TO GUYGER SHOOTING BOTHAM
JEAN.
JEAN.
JEAN. WE
JEAN. WE HEARD FROM GUYGER'S PARTNER,
OFFICER RIVERA. +@
SHE HAD AN INTIMATE
RELATIONSHIP WITH RIVERA AND ON
THE PHONE WITH HIM THAT NIGHT.
ALSO TEXTED RIVERA BEFORE AND
AFTER +@THE SHOOTING.
PROSECUTORS SAY SHE IMMEDIATELY
WENT INTO DAMAGE+@ CONTROL AFTE
PROSECUTORS SAY SHE IMMEDIATELY WENT INTO DAMAGE+@ CONTROL AFTE@
SHE SHOT BOTHAM JEAN BUT THE
+@ DEFENSE ARGUED BOTHAM DIDN'T
OBEY COMMANDS AND GUYGER FEARED
FOR HER LIFE.
+@ AS WE MENTIONED, YOU'RE NOT THE
ONLY ONES WATCHING WHAT COMES
OUT OF THIS TRIAL.
PE+@OPLE AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE
PAYING ATTENTION AS WELL.
YOU KNOW, REPORTERS ARE HERE
FROM ALL OVER THE U.S. AND THIS
PICTURE REALLY+@ GIVES YOU AN
IDEA OF WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE
INSIDE THE CROWLEY COURTHOUSE.
REBECCA LOPEZ HAS BEEN THERE
LIVE AND IF -- THE OPENING
STATEMENTS ARE SORT OF A
NARRATIVE.
NARRATIVE. EACH SIDE GIVING THE JURY A
NARRATIVE TO FOLLOW THROUGHOUT
THE TRIAL.
THE TRIAL. WE HEARD TWO VERY DIFFERENT +@
STORIES.
STORIES.
STORIES. >> Reporter: TWO VERY DIFFERENT
STORIES.
STORIES.
+@
+@ AND
+@ AND I
+@ AND I TELL YOU, SOME OF THE
TESTIMONY WAS ACTUALLY
SURPRISING.
SURPRISING. I HAVE COVERED THIS CASE FROM
+@ THE VERY BEGINNING, BUT THE
TESTIMONY ABOUT THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AMBER
GUYGER AND HER PARTNER, I THINK
TOOK MANY PEOPLE BY SURPRISE
AND OBVIOUSLY PROSECUTORS SAY
+@
+@ THAT
+@ THAT IS WHY THIS HAPPENED,
BECAUSE SHE WAS CONSUMED WITH
TEXTIN+@G HIM AND CALLING HIM A
SHE WAS CARELESS WHILE DEFENSE
ATTORNEYS SAY THIS WAS JUST A
TRAGIC MISTAKE AND ACCIDENT.
PROSECUTOR JASON IRMA STARTED
HIS CASE BY HOLDING UP A PER OF
BOTHAM JEAN SAYING HE WAS
INNOCENTLY EATING IC+@E CREAM O
HIS COUCH WHEN HE WAS SHOT
DEAD.
DEAD.
DEAD. >>
DEAD. >> SHE IS LEVELING OFF HER GUN
AND SHOOTS AT HIM TWICE.
>> Reporter: PROSECUTORS SAY
GUYGER WASN'T TIRED FROM A LONG
DAY AT WORK, BUT DISTRACTED BY
TEXT MESSAGES AND A PHONE CALL
TO HER PATROL PARTNER THAT WERE
SEXUAL IN NATURE AND THAT THEY
WERE PLANNIN+@G TO MEET UP.
>> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR
YOU FOLKS TO KNOW THAT AFTER A
+@13 1/2 HOUR SHIFT, AMBER GUYG
DID NOT HAVE PLANS JU+@ST TO GO
HOME AND CRASH OR TAKE IT EASY.
THERE WERE PLANS THAT
PARTICULAR WEEKEND.
PARTICULAR WEEKEND. >> Reporter: THEY ALSO WANT TO
PAINT GUYGER AS UNCARING.
AFTER SHE CALLED 911, SHE ALSO
TEXTED HER PARTNER THAT SHE
MESSED UP, THEN LEFT JEAN
BLEEDING ON THE FLOOR WHILE SHE
WENT OUTSIDE TO WAIT FOR
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS.
OFFICERS. >> SHE LEFT THAT POOR MAN ALONE
IN HIS APARTMEN+@T IN HIS FINAL
MOMENTS.
MOMENTS.
MOMENTS. >> Reporter: DEFENSE ATTORNEYS
SAY WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT
WAS A TRAGIC MISTAKE.
>> HER ACTIONS SHOW JUST A
YOUNG WOMAN THAT'S JUST
DEVASTATED, ABSOLUTELY
DEVASTATED, ABSOLUTELY DEVASTATED BY WHAT JUST
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED.
HAPPENED. >> Reporter: THEY SAY GUYGER
HAD WORKED MORE THAN 40 HOURS
IN FOUR DAYS AND WAS TIRED.
THEY SAY SHE DID HAVE A
RELATIONSHIP WITH HER PARTNER,
BUT IT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH
WHAT HAPPENED THAT NIGHT.
THEY SAY S+@HE THOUGHT JEAN WAS
AN INTRUDER.
AN INTRUDER. >> SHE+@ HAS TUNNEL VISION.
SHE IS IN HER APARTMENT.
MY GOD, THERE'S A MAN IN MY
APARTMENT AND HE'S BIG.
+@
+@ HE'S
+@ HE'S TWICE HER SIZE.
AND HE'S COMING AT HER AND SHE
PULLS HER GUN AND SHE STARTS TO
SAY, HANDS, BUT HE DROWNS HER
OUT AND HE'S YELLING HEY, HEY.
>> Reporter: THEY SAY SHE FIRED
TWO SHOTS, ONE OF THEM FATAL.
PROSECUTORS PLAN TO PUT GUYGER
ON THE STAND TO DEFEND HER
ACTIONS THAT NIGHT HOPING THE
JURY WILL BELIEVE SHE MADE A
TRAGIC MISTAKE.
TRAGIC MISTAKE. NOW AGAIN GUYGER'S PARTNER DID
@ TAKE THE STAND AN+@D HE+@ SAID
THEY HAD HAD A SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIP IN THE PAST BUT
THAT IT HAD ENDED MONTHS AGO
AND THAT THEY WERE IN FACT,
THOUGH, TEXTING SEXUALLY
EXPLICIT MESSAGES THAT NIGHT.
NOW, SOME OF THE MESSAGES WERE
DELETED AND THAT HAS RAISED
EYEBROWS ABOUT WHAT THEY TALKED
AB+@OUT AFTER THE SHOOTING BUT
THOSE MESSAGES ARE NOW GONE SO
WE MAY NEVER KNOW THE ANSWER TO
THAT.
THAT.
THAT. NOW, THE JURY IN THIS CASE HAS
IN FACT BEEN SEQUESTERED.
THE JUDGE SENT THEM TO A HOTEL
AND THEY WILL BE BACK HERE AT
8:15 TOMORROW