Amber Guyger set to be released from prison today

The former police officer convicted for killing an innocent man in his apartment is set to be released from prison today. Amber Geiger served seven of her 10 years in prison for the murder of Botham Jean. She made parole earlier this month. Alex Boyer is live for us outside of Dallas Police Headquarters with the very latest. Alex. Hey guys, good morning. And I can tell you that former Dallas Police Officer Amber Geiger, as we now know, will be a free woman later today. You know, her deadly encounter with Botham Jean happened just two blocks from where I'm standing at an apartment complex where they both lived. Now, Geiger was convicted and sentenced in 2018 for the killing of her upstairs neighbor, Botham Jean. She accidentally entered his apartment instead of her own after a long shift. Geiger thought that Jean was an intruder and shot him. This high-profile case garnered international attention over the years. Jean was from the small island of St. Lucia and I can tell you that her family traveled to Dallas often or his family rather traveled to Dallas often over the years in order to advocate on their son's behalf. Geiger was granted early release after serving seven of her 10-year sentence. She will be assigned a parole officer and receive specific conditions of her parole following her release today and I can tell you again that she is being held at a prison that is about an hour outside of Waco. We do have a crew that is on the way there later today my colleague Lori Brown she will be covering the release of Amber Geiger today and of course we'll have the latest developments which you can follow both on air and online. For now reporting live outside DPD headquarters I'm Alex Boye for Good Day.