Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot woman in her own home has resigned faces criminal charges
Source: Washington Post
The white Fort Worth police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old black woman, in her home has resigned from the department and faces possible criminal charges, police said Monday.
Jefferson’s family is demanding an independent investigation of the officer, identified as Aaron Dean, and the department’s practices. “We demand justice,” Jefferson’s older sister, Ashley, said during a Monday news conference, “through an independent, thorough and transparent process.”
The white Fort Worth officer killed Jefferson, a black woman, in her home early Saturday by firing through a bedroom window. Police said they had been responding to a call about an open door at the residence. Officers were dispatched to the home after a neighbor dialed a non-emergency line to request a welfare check because he noticed that the door was ajar and the lights were on, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported.
While searching the outside of the house, police said, an officer saw someone standing near a window, and “perceiving a threat, the officer drew his duty weapon and fired one shot striking the person inside the residence.”
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/10/14/fort-worth-police-shooting-atatiana-jefferson-investigation/
Full headline: Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot woman in her own home has resigned, faces criminal charges, police say
Good and time for those "criminal charges".
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