Texas - The white Fort Worth, Texas, police officer who fatally shot a 28-year-old black woman in her home over the weekend has been charged with murder, authorities said Monday.
The officer, Aaron Dean, who resigned earlier in the day, was booked into the Tarrant County Jail, according to police. Bond has been set at $200,000 , jail records show. Authorities moved quickly to arrest Dean after he shot Atatiana Jefferson through a closed window in her Fort Worth home while responding to a welfare call in the early hours of Saturday morning. In fatal officer-involved shootings, police seldom face criminal charges, and they are rarely charged with murder.
The prosecution of the officer is likely to serve as a stress test of relations between law enforcement and the black community in the region, which is still reeling from the fallout of an earlier case involving a white officer who shot a black neighbor in his apartment. Local leaders have called for a probe of the department, and Jefferson's family and their attorney want an independent review of Jefferson's killing, saying they worry race may have played a role.
A police spokesman, Christopher Daniels, acknowledged those concerns in a brief news conference Monday night.
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