The former Texas police officer who was convicted last week in the 2019 fatal shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced to nearly 11 years and 10 months in prison on Tuesday.
Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean was freed on bond after resigning and being charged with murder for shooting Atatiana Jefferson.The former Texas police officer who was convicted last week in the 2019 fatal shooting of 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced to nearly 11 years and 10 months in prison on Tuesday.
Jefferson's nephew Zion Carr, 8 at the time of the shooting, who was present and playing video games when she was shot,. He said they had left the door open to air out the house after burning hamburgers. Dean's former partner, Carol Darch, said she didn't see Jefferson's gun and didn't hear Dean say he saw a gun.
Body camera footage released swiftly after the shooting showed Dean and his partner did not announce themselves as police when approaching the house. During testimony, Dean acknowledged he made errors and had done"bad police work" leading up to the shooting. Jefferson's sister Ashley Carr read a statement on behalf of herself and Amber Carr, another of Jefferson's sisters.
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