A white police officer from Fort Worth, Texas, was jailed on murder charges on Monday in the fatal shooting of a 28-year-old black woman who was babysitting inside her home, the police department said.
Atatiana Jefferson was killed on Saturday at about 2:30am when officer Aaron Dean fired a single shot through a window into her home as she cared for her 8-year-old nephew.
Dean was responding to a call from a concerned neighbor who said Jefferson’s door was open. The officer resigned from the police department earlier on Monday.
“Aaron Dean was arrested by Fort Worth Police on October 14. Dean has been charged with murder of Atatiana Jefferson. Dean is in the Tarrant County Jail,” the Fort Worth Police said on Twitter.