By Ashley Killough and Eric Levenson, CNN The former Fort Worth police officer charged with murder for the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her own home testified Monday he fired at her because she pointed a gun at him.
A former Texas police officer has been convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019. Jurors were also considering a
After five days of testimony and over 13 hours of deliberation, the jury returned with a verdict Thursday. The jury was considering murder or manslaughter.
A former Fort Worth police officer, Aaron Dean, was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting of Atatiana Jefferson. She was shot through her bedroom window.
Former Texas police officer Aaron Dean was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black woman at her home in Fort Worth. Dean was responding to Atatiana Jefferson's home after a concerned neighbor called a nonemergency line to say he noticed an open front door.
FORT WORTH, Texas — A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone also armed with a gun. Jurors were also considering a murder charge
A former Fort Worth, Texas police officer was found guilty of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson, who was in her home when he shot her.
By Ray Sanchez and Andy Rose, CNN A former Forth Worth, Texas, police officer was found guilty of manslaughter Thursday in the 2019 shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home. Dean, who is White, faces up to 20 years in prison for the conviction. Jefferson was Black.
A former Texas police officer was convicted of manslaughter Thursday for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her home in 2019, a rare conviction of an officer for killing someone who was also armed with a gun.
After 12-hour-long deliberation, the 12-member jury of Aaron Dean’s murder trial found the former Fort Worth police officer guilty of manslaughter in the death of Atatiana Jefferson, the young Black woman he fatally shot while on duty in 2019.
The Tarrant County jury deliberated for nearly two full days before concluding Aaron Dean was reckless for killing Jefferson through her window after failing to identify himself as police.
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