Texas police fatally shoot black woman inside her home

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The police had been called to the home to do a welfare check.

A black woman has been shot dead by a white police officer inside her Texas home after police were called for a welfare check.

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the shooting happened early on Saturday after a neighbour called police to say the front door to the home was open. In body camera video released by police, two officers search the house from the outside with torches before one shouts,"Put your hands up, show me your hands." One shot is fired through a window.

he Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office has identified the woman as 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson.The woman was pronounced dead at the scene. The Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office identified her as 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson. The officer does not identify himself as police in the video. In a statement, police say he has been placed on administrative leave, pending the outcome of an investigation.She was a star in her family.Not playing respectability politics, but she meant everything to them.

 

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