Killing of Atatiana Jefferson | |
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Part of police brutality in the United States | |
Location | Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. |
Date | October 12, 2019 c. 2:30 a.m. (CDT) |
Attack type | Homicide by shooting, police brutality, manslaughter |
Filmed by | Police body-worn camera |
Weapon | Handgun |
Victim | Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, aged 28 |
Perpetrator | Aaron Dean |
Verdict | Guilty on the lesser included offense of manslaughter |
Convictions | Manslaughter |
Charges | Murder |
Sentence | 11 years, 10 months, and 12 days in prison[a] |
Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, a 28-year-old woman, was fatally shot inside her home by a police officer in Fort Worth, Texas, United States, in the early morning of October 12, 2019.[1][2] Police arrived at her home after a neighbor called a non-emergency number, stating that Jefferson's front door was open.[2] Police body camera footage showed officers walking outside the home with flashlights for a few minutes then one officer yells, "Put your hands up! Show me your hands!", while discharging his weapon through a window.[2] Police found a handgun near Jefferson's body, which according to her eight-year-old nephew, she was pointing toward the window before being shot.[3][2][4] On October 14, 2019, Officer Aaron Dean, the shooter, resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department and was arrested on a murder charge.[5][6] On December 20, 2019, Dean was indicted for murder.[7][8] Jefferson was black and the officer who shot her is white, prompting news outlets to compare Jefferson's shooting to the September 2018 murder of Botham Jean in nearby Dallas.[1][5][9][10][11]
On December 15, 2022, Dean was found guilty on the lesser offense of manslaughter.[12] He was sentenced to 11 years, 10 months, and 12 days of imprisonment,[13] an apparent reference by the jury to the month and day of the incident. [14]
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