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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

Former Fort Worth police officer convicted of manslaughter for shooting Black woman 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

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

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

Former cop Aaron Dean tells jurors at Fort Worth murder trial ‘the gun was pointed directly at me’

FORT WORTH, Texas — Former Fort Worth police Officer Aaron Dean told a Tarrant County jury Monday morning he saw a gun before he shot and killed a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three years ago.

Tribune News Service · Dec 12, 2022

Mac Engel: Brittney Griner owes the United States of America because she could have been Austin Tice

FORT WORTH, Texas — Trading a person whose crime is possessing a tiny amount of hash for someone who is convicted of dealing military grade firearms, many to the Taliban and Al Qaeda, doesn’t feel fair, or right.

Tribune News Service · Dec 11, 2022

Texas man who wrote ‘Murder the Media’ on Capitol door gets 4-year sentence

DALLAS — A Fort Worth man who claimed to work for Murder the Media News was sentenced to four years in federal prison for his actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol.

Tribune News Service · Dec 10, 2022