WHITFIELD: A Dallas police officer will be charged with manslaughter after she fatally shot her neighbor in his apartment, allegedly mistaking it as her own home. The victim is identified as a 26-year- old man. Here is Dallas Mayor Mike Rawlings paying tribute to him today.</s>MIKE RAWLINGS, (D), DALLAS MAYOR: Let's just start with the belief that has become apparent to us all that Botham Jean was exactly the sort of citizen we want to have in the city of Dallas.</s>WHITFIELD: And here with more on this very bizarre case, CNN's Kaylee Hartung.</s>KAYLEE HARTUNG, CNN CORRESPONDENT: After a police officer, off duty, but still in uniform, shot and killed her 26-year-old neighbor on Thursday night, the Dallas Police Department opened up an investigation and began following protocol for an officer-involved shooting. But now the Dallas police chief is saying, as this investigation has continued, she learned this is a much different and very unique situation than it initially appeared. She is vowing full transparency.</s>RENEE HALL, CHIEF, DALLAS POLICE DEPARTMENT: Right now, there are more are questions than we have answers. We understand the concerns of this community and that is why we are working as vigorously and as meticulously as we can to ensure the integrity of this case, and that the integrity of the department is upheld. In doing so, we hope to bring understanding and clarity to the family.</s>HARTUNG: A blood sample was taken from the officer to test for drugs and alcohol in her system. And the Texas Rangers have been called in to operate a parallel and independent criminal investigation here. The Dallas Police Department says they have ordered a warrant for this officer's arrest on the charge of manslaughter. Kaylee Hartung, CNN, Atlanta.</s>WHITFIELD: Still ahead, a self-proclaimed flaming feminist litigator who would become the second woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. We take an intimate look at the career of the notorious "RBG," next.
Dallas Police Officer Charged with Manslaughter