Fort Worth officer resigns after fatal shooting of woman inside her home
10/14/2019 11:39 am PDT
via WGN
FORT WORTH, Texas (WGN) -- The Fort Worth police chief said an officer accused in the fatal shooting of a woman in her home has resigned.
Interim Chief Ed Kraus said Monday that if the officer, Aaron Dean, had not resigned, he would have been fired.
Dean shot 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson through her window in the early hours of Saturday morning. Officers were called to her home when a concerned neighbor worried for her safety noticed her door was open.
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