A jury has been seated in the trial of Aaron Dean, the ex-Fort Worth police officer charged with the murder of Atatiana Jefferson.
The jury of 12 people plus two alternates will include eight men and six women. The panel of jurors was finalized around 9:30 a.m. Friday following three full days of jury selection before Judge George Gallagher.
On the night of the shooting, Jefferson was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew, Zion Carr, who was the only witness inside the house.Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersAccording to the account Zion gave to a civilian forensic interviewer, Jefferson told Zion “that she heard noises coming from outside and she took her handgun from her purse.”
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