![]() The warrant for Dean's arrest quoted Jefferson's nephew as saying she picked up a handgun when she went to investigate noises outside that turned out to be the two officers. He shouted at her to put her hands up, without identifying himself as law enforcement.Ī split-second later, the officer fired a single shot, killing Jefferson. Jefferson was playing video games with her eight-year-old nephew when they heard a noise outside and she got up to investigate, assuming it was a prowler.īody camera footage showed Dean shining a flashlight into the back of the home as Jefferson approached the bedroom window. The black woman who was shot dead in her home by a white cop had grabbed her gun and pointed it out the window because she feared there was a trespasser outside.įort Worth police released the arrest warrant for Officer Aaron Dean, 34, on Tuesday, hours after he was charged with the murder of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson.ĭean and another officer were dispatched to Jefferson's home at around 2.30am Saturday after a neighbor called a non-emergency police line to report that her front door was open. A warrant for Dean's arrest revealed that Jefferson had grabbed her gun and pointed it outside the window before she was shot because she feared there was a trespasser outside her home Published: 17:18 BST, 15 October 2019 | Updated: 21:48 BST, 15 October 2019Ītatiana Jefferson, 28, was shot dead inside her home by white Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean on Saturday. Jefferson's death sparked outrage in the community that has seen seven police-on-civilian shootings since June.Jefferson's family said they were 'relieved' by Dean's arrest, but insisted that 'the city of Fort Worth has much work to do to reform a brutal culture of policing'.Dean resigned Monday before his arrest and was released on $200,000 bond. ![]()
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