Jefferson was reportedly playing video games with her nephew and thought there was a potential trespasser outside. When she went to investigate, she was shot by the police officer.
On Saturday evening, Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price released a statement in regards to the shooting.
Body camera footage from the incident shows that the officer did not clearly identify himself as police before shooting,. Jefferson was reportedly just playing video games with her nephew and thought there was a potential trespasser outside. She went to investigate and then was killed by the officer.
"Before law enforcement goes about their pattern of villainizing this beautiful peaceful woman, turning her into a suspect, a silhouette, or threat, let me tell you about [her,]" Merritt."She was a premed graduate of Xavier University. She was very close to her family. She was the auntie that stayed up on Friday night playing video games with her 8 year old nephew."
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