Fort Worth Officer Charged With Murder for Shooting Woman in Her Home

Aaron Dean, who killed Atatiana Jefferson while she was home with her nephew

Texas has a “castle doctrine” law that gives people broad latitude to use fatal force to defend themselves in their homes.

Lee Merritt, a civil rights attorney representing the family, said Jefferson had a license to carry the gun. He cried foul on the department’s decision to release images of the weapon, accusing police of trying to “impute some bad act or blame on the victim.”