City of Fort Worth, TX Reaches Agreement to Pay Over $3 Million to Nephew of Woman Killed by Police Officer

Zion Carr was only seven years old when his aunt, Atatiana Jefferson, was shot and killed by a Fort Worth, Tex. police officer while he was in the house. Four years later, the city reached an agreement to pay him more than $3 million.

In 2019, Carr was playing with his Nintendo Switch in the living room of Jefferson’s home when a neighbor called the police to report her front door being open, police say. According to body camera footage, Fort Worth officer Aaron Dean arrived and snuck to the back of the house where he allegedly saw Jefferson through her window holding a firearm. He fatally shot her from outside the house.

Carr testified at Dean’s criminal trial that his aunt got up to investigate the noise at the back of the house, thinking it was a raccoon. He also stated he didn’t remember seeing or hearing police outside. After shots were fired, Dean and another officer came running inside. Carr said he felt like he was dreaming, per The Dallas Morning News.

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