DALLAS _ A Dallas officer fatally shot a 26-year-old man Thursday night after she entered his apartment near downtown, mistakenly believing it was her own, police say.
The officer was not injured in the shooting, which occurred about 10 p.m. at the South Side Flats at 1210 S. Lamar St., blocks from the police headquarters in the Cedars.
She had arrived at the complex after working a full shift, police said. She was still in full uniform when she entered Botham Shem Jean's apartment, thinking it was her own.
Officials did not explain how the situation escalated to the shooting, declining to comment on whether the officer mistook Jean for an intruder.
"I won't go into that information right now," Dallas police spokesman Sgt. Warren Mitchell said. "I mean, we have not interviewed her, and like I said this is just a preliminary statement. We still have a lot to do in this investigation. ... This is all we can give you at this time."
Police did not indicate that anyone else had witnessed the shooting.
"We have not spoken to anyone else at this time," Mitchell said.
He said that after the officer reported Jean was wounded, police who responded administered first aid to him. He was taken to Baylor University Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.
The officer, who has not been publicly identified, was placed on leave while the shooting is investigated with the Dallas district attorney's office.
