Closing arguments are set to begin Wednesday morning in the Aaron Dean murder trial.
Closing arguments will be held in the trial Wednesday morning.The final witness was Dr. Jay Coons a use-of-force expert. He summarized that Dean and his partner acted appropriately with regard to their police training and under the circumstances in the moments leading up to Jefferson’s fatal shooting.
Dean was investigating an open structure call at the home. He testified he saw her silhouette and a gun pointed at him before yelling a command and firing a single shot and killing Jefferson. "They didn’t know what they had. They don’t see anybody, so they go ahead and cross the threshold. So the way in which they did it, given the nature of the call, given the information they picked up at that point, it was perfectly fine," Coons said. "Officer Dean’s actions that night — and yes this is a terrible event, there’s nothing good about this — but his actions as a police officer were reasonable in what he was doing.
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