The judge overseeing fired Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger's murder trial issued a gag order Tuesday preventing attorneys in the case from speaking publicly about the slaying of Botham Jean.

State District Judge Tammy Kemp issued the order after meeting in her chambers with Dallas County prosecutor Jason Hermus and Guyger's attorneys, Robert Rogers and Toby Shook.

Guyger, 30, was at the courthouse but did not attend the meeting. There was no proceeding in the courtroom. Guyger did not comment as she left the courthouse.

Guyger was indicted on a murder charge Nov. 30 after she said she mistook Jean's apartment for her own and thought he was a burglar.

Jean, a 26-year-old accountant, lived directly above Guyger at the South Side Flats in the Cedars, just down the street from Dallas police headquarters. He was watching football in the dark when Guyger arrived at the apartment complex. She was still in uniform after her shift.

Botham Jean (Instagram)

Guyger told law enforcement she was able to enter because his door was unlocked.

Jean's family and their attorneys have cast doubt on Guyger's version of events. The lock was electronic and data seized by the Dallas County district attorney's office could show whether the door was unlocked. But authorities have not released any information about what they learned from the lock.

Attorney Daryl K. Washington, who represents Jean's family, said he was at the courthouse Tuesday to be the "eyes and ears" for Jean's parents and siblings. Washington sat in the courtroom while the prosecutors and Guyger's attorneys met with Kemp.

"They're very anxious right now, not being here in the states," he said. "They want to know what's going on with the entire process, and my job is to keep them abreast."

Dallas Police Chief U. Renee Hall fired Guyger in September — 18 days after the Sept. 6 shooting and the same day Jean was buried by the sea in his native St. Lucia.

1 / 4Former Dallas police Officer Amber Guyger (center) leaves the Frank Crowley Courts Building in downtown Dallas. (Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) 2 / 4Toby Shook (left) and Robert Rogers, the attorneys representing former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger, leave the Dallas County criminal courthouse after meeting with the judge presiding over her case(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) 3 / 4Amber Guyger was at the Dallas courthouse Tuesday but did not attend a meeting her attorneys had with state District Judge Tammy Kemp. The judge issued a gag order in the case.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer) 4 / 4Former Dallas police officer Amber Guyger (right) faces a murder charge in the September slaying of Botham Jean.(Tom Fox / Staff Photographer)

The chief had previously said she couldn't fire Guyger before an internal investigation was completed because of federal, state and local laws. She didn't specify to which laws she was referring.

Guyger is allowed to appeal her termination under civil service rules and has done so. The Dallas Civil Service Board, which hears appeals after city employees are fired, meets again Tuesday. But Guyger's appeal is not on the agenda.

Guyger was with the department for four years before she shot Jean. She started on patrol in the department's southeast division and was later the only woman on an elite crime response team of about 10 officers who make high-risk arrests in the division's crime hot spots.

Amber Guyger (Mesquite Police Department)

In 2017, Guyger shot a man who grabbed her Taser during a struggle. The man was struck in the abdomen and later pleaded guilty to taking an officer's weapon. Guyger was cleared by a grand jury in that case.

In the Jean shooting, Texas Rangers originally arrested Guyger on a manslaughter charge. But the district attorney's office asked a grand jury for a murder indictment.

Dallas attorneys repeatedly said that murder, not manslaughter, was the appropriate charge for Guyger, and grand jurors agreed. In Texas, manslaughter is a reckless act — like firing a gun into a crowd and killing someone. Guyger intended to shoot Jean.