BREAKING: Former police officer Aaron Dean sentenced to 11 years and 10 months in prison after he was found guilty of manslaughter in the 2019 shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson.
December 20, 2022, 3:26 PMAaron Dean sits alone during a recess after he was found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, Dec. 15, 2022, at the Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center in Fort Worth, Texas. Jefferson was fatally shot in Oct. 2019 when Dean, a former Fort Worth police officer, followed up on a report of an open door at her residence.
The same jury decided to convict Dean on Thursday for manslaughter as opposed to a harsher murder charge during. Manslaughter is a second-degree felony, according to the Texas penal code. It was punishable by two to 20 years in prison and up to a $10,000 fine. He did not have to pay a fine. "There were indications from the [evaluation] of grandiosity and some interpersonal difficulties, including that this person would likely to be seen as domineering or over-controlling," Clayton said Friday during sentencing testimony.
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