Witness who testified in Amber Guyger trial shot to death, Dallas DA says

[leftstreet]

Witness who testified in Amber Guyger trial shot to death, Dallas DA says

By Caroline Linton
October 5, 2019 / 10:30 PM / CBS News

A prosecution witness in the trial of Amber Guyger was shot to death, the Dallas District Attorney's Office confirmed Saturday. Guyger is a former Dallas police officer who was found guilty earlier this week of murdering Botham Jean, her neighbor, in his home.

Joshua Brown, a neighbor of Guyger and Jean, was shot to death Friday night at his Dallas apartment complex. His identity was not immediately released, but was later confirmed by Dallas County District Attorney's Office, CBS Dallas-Fort Worth reports.

Dallas police said a man was shot to death around 10:40 p.m. Friday in an apartment complex near Dallas' Medical District. According to police, several witnesses heard several gunshots and observed a silver four-door sedan was seen speeding from the scene. The victim was found lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds, and was taken to a local hospital, where was pronounced dead.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/joshua-brown-dead-witness-in-trial-of-amber-guyger-ex-dallas-police-officer-shot-to-death-2019-10-05/

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[dewsgirl]

1. Poor kid. The corruption runs deep.

[spanone]

2. K&R...

[WhiskeyGrinder]

3. FTP.

[leftstreet]

4. +1

[Dr Hobbitstein]

14. I see your FTP and I'll raise you an ACAB. nt

[struggle4progress]

5. ... Authorities have not said whether there's any connection between Brown's death and his testimony

in Guyger's trial ...

https://www.cbs58.com/news/joshua-brown-key-witness-in-amber-guyger-murder-trial-and-neighbor-of-botham-jean-shot-to-death-in-dallas

[leftstreet]

7. "He had no known enemies...

He worked for a living. He was not in the streets."

Poor kid

[LisaL]

18. He was actually a witness to another murder, during which he was shot in the foot.

That accused killer is out on bond.
"Last November, Brown was shot and another man killed outside a strip club called the Dallas Cabaret on Walnut Ridge Street in Northwest Dallas."
https://www.wfaa.com/article/news/crime/man-shot-at-atera-apartment-complex-police-say/287-8c56d592-b182-4b74-add3-366898588010

[MineralMan]

6. Pretty blatant, if it is what it seems to be.

Shot in the mouth? I wonder if there will be a serious investigation.

[Horse with no Name]

8. The short answer is no

He testified against the police and one of them was convicted.

[LisaL]

16. Not even clear where he was shot.

Read the other tweets. The lawyer was told all kind of different things regarding where Joshua was shot.

[LisaL]

17. Actually he had multiple gunshot wounds to lower body, per Dallas PD.

[Beringia]

9. It says in many of the articles this kid was afraid of dying by gun shot

He was trembling while on the stand. And he has always been afraid of gun violence.

[LisaL]

19. Presumably because he was actually shot in the foot before.

[H2O Man]

10. Recommended.

I saw this yesterday. I think it is pretty clear what happened. A real investigation would start by examining who was off-duty at the time.

[Horse with no Name]

11. Unfortunately in Dallas, it could have been on-duty

And most likely was.
This sickens me greatly.
I live in Dallas. Bullets fly around my neighborhood all night and you can’t even expect DPD to respond unless there is a dead body.

[H2O Man]

12. Terrible.

[obamanut2012]

13. The complex is across the street from the main PD

And, it appears this was an ambush shooting.

[LisaL]

15. Which complex?

This didn't happen at the same complex where Botham Jean was killed.

[FakeNoose]

20. He should have been given witness protection

What's wrong with these people? The DA's office should answer for this.

[Falcata]

21. Might want to wait for the facts

to come in before spinning out conspiracy theories...

[leftstreet]

22. There are no 'conspiracy theories' in the OP

There's a news article, and a twitter post from an attorney

[Blue_true]

23. Yes. Looks like the guy was targeted, but by who.

The article said that he was a witness to a murder and got shot in the foot, and that the accused murderer was out on bail.

I would guess that Dallas has traffic and other cameras that got a picture of the getaway car. We should give police a chance to piece together all information that they can get.