Zion Carr, who was seven when he saw his aunt Atatiana Jefferson shot by police officers, is to receive a settlement worth a potential $3.5 million from the City of Fort Worth over the death of his aunt.
Aaron Dean, the white police officer who shot and killed Atatiana Jefferson in her home in Texas, has received an 11-year prison sentence following his conviction on manslaughter charges.
NNPA NEWSWIRE After the sentence was pronounced, one of Jefferson’s sisters, Ashley Carr, read statements, including one from her sister, Amber Carr, Zion’s mother. Amber Carr said Jefferson, who planned to go to medical school, “had big dreams and goals” and that her son “feels he is responsible to fill the whole role of his aunt, and he has the weight of the world on his shoulders.”
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A former Texas police officer who fatally shot Atatiana Jefferson through a rear window of her Fort Worth home in 2019 was sentenced on Tuesday to 11 years and 10 months in prison for his manslaughter conviction.