Dallas City Council Hearing From Public About Proposal To Rename Street For Botham Jean

CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

January 13, 2021

DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Dallas City Council is hearing from the public about plans to rename a street in honor of Botham Jean.

Jean is the 26-year old accountant who was gunned down in his own apartment by an off-duty Dallas police officer who said she mistook the unit for her own and thought Jean was an intruder.

If approved, South Lamar Street in downtown Dallas — between Interstate-30 and South Central Expressway — will become Botham Jean Boulevard. The stretch of road, which would run for about four miles, includes the South Side Flats apartment complex where Jean was killed and DPD headquarters.

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