Former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Aaron Dean has been found guilty of manslaughter in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson.
A Tarrant County jury of eight men and six women deliberated for more than 13 hours before reaching its verdict on Thursday afternoon. The jury rejected the more serious charge of murder.
The sentencing phase started Friday for Dean, 38, who is in custody at the Tarrant County jail in Fort Worth. He is facing two to 20 years in prison.
Jefferson, who was studying to become a doctor, was inside her mother’s home when Dean fatally shot her in the early morning hours on Oct. 12, 2019….