October 12 marks three years since 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was shot and killed at her home by a Fort Worth police officer.
“My sister didn’t do anything wrong. She was at home like you’re supposed to be at 2 a.m. in the morning, minding her business,” Ashley Carr said. “We should be probably celebrating her finishing medical school, you know.”
On Oct. 12, 2019, Jefferson was at her home in Fort Worth, playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew, Zion. A neighbor called a non-emergency line asking police to make sure she was okay because her door was open, and it was after 2 a.m.
Police arrived to what was labeled as an “open structure” call. Thirty-six-year-old Aaron Dean, a second-year officer, never announced his presence while looking around the home.
Then, he made it to the back of the home. Jefferson approached her window with her gun after hearing someone creeping in the back of her home, according to court documents, and when she opened the blinds, Dean fired a single shot that killed Jefferson.
“It’s still a battle. It’s still going on and it never ends until justice prevails,” Amber Carr, Zion’s mother and Jefferson’s sister said.
Zion has been at the front of many protests and remembrance events for Jefferson and is now 11.
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