A Texas jury awarded nearly $100 million to the family of a man gunned down in his own apartment by a Dallas police officer who thought she was at her own apartment on a different floor.

The jury awarded $60 million in punitive damages and $38.6 million in compensatory damages, ruling that Amber Guyger acted with malice or was reckless when she murdered Botham Jean in 2018, KDFW reported. The family had sought nearly $55 million in their lawsuit.

Guyger was convicted in the shooting and sentenced to 10 years in prison, as CrimeOnline reported. Jean, 26, was sitting on his sofa eating ice cream on September 6, 2018, when Guyger, still in uniform, entered his apartment. She testified that she shot to kill because she believed she was entering her own apartment — actually on the floor below — and that Jean was an intruder.

“I think it was very important for this jury to send a message that Botham’s life is important,” said the Jean family’s attorney Daryl K. Washington after the trial. “We’ve gotten the question over and over, well how are you guys going to collect from Amber Guyger? That was not important. What was important was holding Amber Guyger civilly liable for what she did to Botham.

Family members spoke alongside their attorney, saying that any money that do collect from Guyger will go to help others.

“I am still heartbroken over the loss of my son,” Bertram Jean, Botham’s father, said. “Today I think justice was served, and we are very thankful, and we pray it will be a lesson for the authorities.”

“It’s been tiring for me flying back to St. Lucia to Dallas so many times, but today’s verdict really gives me some consolation that you saw the value of Botham,” said Allison Jean, Botham’s mother.

Guyger did not attend the trial and did not have an attorney present, both at her request.

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[Featured image: Amber Guyger/Texas Department of Corrections and Botham Jean/Facebook]