FORT WORTH — A spectator at the trial for the former Fort Worth police officer convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of a Black woman inside her...
Dean, 38, shot Jefferson through her bedroom window from the backyard. A concerned neighbor called a nonemergency police line about 2:30 a.m. Oct. 12, 2019, because the home’s doors were open and the lights were on inside. Jefferson and her 8-year-old nephew were up late playing video games and left the doors open to air out smoke after they burned hamburgers at dinnertime. Jefferson moved into the East Fort Worth home to care for her ailing mother and Zion, whose mother was also in poor health.
Gallagher admonished Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker and City Council member Chris Nettles on Friday after they made public comments about the verdict. Gallagher ordered Parker and Nettles to appear in court again Jan. 4 for a hearing to determine whether they can be held in contempt of court. The judge previously admonished the lawyer for Jefferson’s family, Lee Merritt, for his public comments about the case.An earlier version of this story misspelled the name of Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker.
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