JUST IN: Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her home arrested on murder charges.
The police officer who fatally shot a Fort Worth, Texas, woman in her home while answering a call for a welfare check has been arrested on murder charges. The charge comes after the officer abruptly resigned on Monday just before he was about to be fired for allegedly violating multiple department policies, the police chief said.
The police chief said he was scheduled to meet with Dean on Monday morning, but the officer tendered his resignation before they had a chance to meet. "The opportunity to resign is a slap in this family's face and it's a slap in the community's face," Merritt said."He should have never been given that option. And I want us to stop treating this ... like it's a bad apple case. The saying is 'a bad apple spoils the bunch.' But the barrel is rotten from the core."
He also said Dean's separation paperwork would be sent to the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement, the agency in charge of licensing and certifying peace officers,"will reflect that he was dishonorably discharged from the Fort Worth Police Department." He said the gun was found just inside the window where Jefferson, who, according to her family, had a permit to carry a concealed weapon, was shot.
Calling the circumstances a"pivotal moment for the city," the mayor said she had ordered the creation of a"third-party panel of national experts to review this department." He said the family is calling on the Department of Justice or the FBI to investigate the killing, adding that the officer should be"vigorously prosecuted."
Lt. Brandon O'Neil said at a news conference Sunday afternoon that two officers were sent to the home on East Allen Avenue. He said the officers arrived at the house at 2:29 a.m. and parked near Jefferson's home, but not in front of the residence.
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