FORT WORTH — Aaron Dean told a Tarrant County jury this morning he saw a gun before he shot and killed a Black woman in her mother’s home more than three...
This is a developing story that will be continuously updated. Updated at 11:07 to say prosecutors are now questioning Dean. Updated at 11:02 with testimony from Dean. Updated at 10:43 with additional testimony from Dean. Updated again at 10:07 a.m. It was updated at 9:50 a.m. after Dean began answering questions from his defense attorneys.
Prosecutors called 10 witnesses last week over three days. Prosecutors didn’t call any use of force experts to offer opinions about whether Dean’s shooting was justified or Jefferson’s right to defend herself. They said in opening arguments that Dean did not act in self defense and should not have fired into the window. Court had been in recess since Wednesday to accommodate defense witnesses’ schedules.Dean’s partner that night testified last week she believed the house was burglarized.
He then told jurors: “I thought we had a burglar so I stepped back, straightened up and drew my weapon and then pointed it toward the figure. I couldn’t see that person’s hands. … I drew my weapon intending to tell that person to show me their hands.” “Then I observed the person we now know is Miss Jefferson. I heard her scream and saw her fall like this. I knew I’d shot that person,” he said.Dean’s lawyers said in opening statements last week Dean saw a green laser on Jefferson’s gun. They said he followed his police training and met deadly force with deadly force.Carol Darch, Dean’s partner on the call, said he didn’t say he saw a gun before firing his weapon or as the cops ran inside the house after he shot Jefferson.
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