Dallas Police Officer Arrested, Charged With Manslaughter And Released After Bail Payment

The Dallas police officer who fatally shot Botham Jean in his apartment Thursday night was arrested Sunday night on a manslaughter charge, officials say. 

Amber Guyger, 30, was jailed Sunday in Kaufman County at 7:20 p.m. Her bail was set at $300,000. By 8:30 p.m., she was no longer listed in the the jail log.

Her attorney did not respond to a request for comment Sunday night. 

Guyger, who has been with the Police Department for almost five years, told investigators she mistook Jean's apartment at South Side Flats in the Cedars for her own.

Dallas police Chief U. Renee Hall had said Saturday that no arrest warrant had been issued because the Texas Rangers, who took over the case Friday, got new information they wanted to investigate.

The arrest warrant was issued after "subsequent coordination with the Dallas County District Attorney's Office," Department of Public Safety Lt. Lonny Haschel said.

DPS officials did not release additional information about the investigation Sunday night.