Family seeks answers after black woman is fatally shot through the window of her Texas home by a white police officer.
FORT WORTH, Texas — A white police officer who killed a black woman inside her own home in Texas didn’t have time to perceive a threat before shooting her, an attorney for the woman’s family said.
Her family told KFDW that Jefferson was watching her 8-year-old nephew when she was killed early Saturday while police checked on the home after a neighbor called a police non-emergency line to report that the front door was open. “It’s another one of those situations where the people that are supposed to protect us are actually not here to protect us,” said Jefferson’s sister, Amber Carr.An aunt, Venitta Body, said the family doesn’t understand why Jefferson was killed.
Police said the officer, who’s been on the force since April 2018, is on administrative leave pending the outcome of an investigation. His name was not released.
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