Atatiana Jefferson was fatally shot inside her home by a white police officer in Texas. Her family says an outside agency should investigate. BrianToddCNN reports.
A concerned neighbor called police at 2:23 a.m. to check on the woman across the street because her front door was open. At 2:30 a.m., she would be dead.
Aaron Dean, a white police officer, shot and killed Atatiana Koquice Jefferson, a 28-year-old black woman, through her window early Saturday morning in Fort Worth, Texas. Police say Dean did not identify himself as an officer before shooting.That officer is now on administrative leave as police investigate -- and activists and family members are calling for an independent investigation.
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