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Atatiana Jefferson's sister Ashley Carr said it's "surreal" to finally see the case go to trial. "We've been fighting and fussing about having this day and making sure that accountability is ...
The Dallas Morning News reports that Yolanda Carr, the mother of Atatiana Jefferson, has died at 55. A cause of death has yet to be released but she had been battling illness. Before her death ...
The former Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson in her own home in 2019 did not see her holding a gun in the split-second before firing at her through a back ...
Marquis A. Jefferson, the father of Atatiana Jefferson, died Saturday at age 59. Marquis Jefferson suffered a cardiac arrest and was taken to a hospital in Dallas on Friday night, family spokesman ...
Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old black woman, was shot and killed in her home by a white Fort Worth police officer. (Irwin Thompson/The Dallas Morning News) (Irwin Thompson / Staff Photographer) ...
Atatiana Jefferson’s death. Jefferson, 28, was busy with one of her favorite hobbies on the night she died. At 2:30 a.m., she and her 8-year-old nephew Zion were playing video games at her ...
A mural in memory of Atatiana Jefferson stands on the corner of Evans Avenue and East Allen Avenue in Fort Worth on Tuesday, Dec. 20, 2022. (Liesbeth Powers / Staff Photographer) ...
DALLAS — This story has been updated that the service planned Saturday has been canceled. The service planned for Atatiana Jefferson on Saturday in Dallas has been canceled, following friction ...
Atatiana Jefferson’s sister Ashley Carr was the last prosecution witness to testify as the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean continued Wednesday, The state rested its ...
The father of Atatiana Jefferson, who was fatally shot in her home by a Fort Worth police officer in October, has died at 58. Marquis Jefferson died of a heart attack Saturday evening at Methodist ...
Marquis Jefferson, father of Atatiana Jefferson, a black woman fatally shot by a white police officer inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home last month, has died.. Family spokesperson, Bruce Carter ...
Lapaca Jefferson, 57, Atatiana’s uncle, said the family was stunned by the shooting. He was in Houston attending an anti-violence meetup over the weekend when he heard the news.