The Latest Breaking News from Atatiana Jefferson

‘Work to be done’: Fort Worth and beyond react after Aaron Dean convicted of manslaughter

FORT WORTH, Texas — Shouts erupted outside a Tarrant County courtroom Thursday as activists and community leaders decried that a former Fort Worth officer found guilty of manslaughter wouldn’t face a more serious conviction for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in 2019.

Tribune News Service · Dec 16, 2022

Former Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean found guilty of manslaughter in death of Atatiana Jefferson

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean was convicted of manslaughter Thursday in the death of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson, who the ex-cop fatally shot while responding to a call at her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

Former Fort Worth police officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting Atatiana Jefferson through window in her home

Aaron Dean is facing up to 20 years in prison for the 2019 killing

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Texas officer convicted of manslaughter in window shooting

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

The Independent UK · Dec 15, 2022

Jury will resume deliberations Thursday in ex-Officer Aaron Dean’s murder trial

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors spent the day Wednesday deliberating the fate of former Fort Worth Police officer Aaron Dean and whether he committed murder, manslaughter or no crime at all when he fatally shot a Black woman inside her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 15, 2022

Jury deliberating in murder trial of former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors are deliberating the fate of former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean on Wednesday after lawyers made closing arguments in his murder trial. Dean fatally shot a Black woman inside her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Jury starts deliberation in Texas officer’s murder trial

A jury began deliberations Wednesday in the murder case against a former Texas police officer charged with fatally shooting a Black woman through a rear window of her home in 2019

The Independent UK · Dec 14, 2022

Testimony ends in murder trial of ex-Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean; jury gets case Wednesday

FORT WORTH, Texas — Prosecutors and defense lawyers closed their cases Tuesday in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 14, 2022

Both sides close their cases in murder trial of ex-Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — Prosecutors and defense lawyers closed their cases Tuesday in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022

Defense lawyers rest their case in murder trial of ex-Fort Worth cop Aaron Dean

FORT WORTH, Texas — Defense lawyers rested their case Tuesday in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean, who fatally shot a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 13, 2022