*The father of Atatiana Jefferson, the 28-year-old Fort Worth, Texas woman who was shot by a rookie cop is comparing her shooting to that of Botham Jean.
Jean, of course, was killed by now ex-Dallas cop Amber Guyger who entered his apartment and shot him because she thought he was in her apartment.
In any event, Marquis Jefferson, said his daughter didn’t have time to react to a cop’s orders before she was shot through her bedroom window early Saturday morning.
Marquis Jefferson, who is in pain over the needless death of his daughter Atatiana, told KTXA, “My daughter was 28 years old, had her whole life in front of her.
“You have to know this is somebody’s daughter. Somebody loved her. There was a better way. It didn’t have to be like that.”
As we reported earlier, two Ft. Worth PD officers responded to a non-emergency 911 call placed by next-door neighbor James Smith, 62, who asked police to conduct a welfare check after noticing Jefferson’s front door was ajar at 2:30 a.m.
The two officers observed the open front door, but rather than knock or identify themselves as police officers, they conducted a search of the property at the back of the house.
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Bodycam video released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows the cop shining a flashlight around the darkened exterior of the home.
At one point the cop was startled by Jefferson who looked out her bedroom window. The cop, without identifying himself, shouted “Put your hands up! Show me your hands!” before firing through the closed window, striking Jefferson and killing her.
The edited police video shows still photos taken of a handgun presumably located inside Jefferson’s bedroom after she was shot. According to Texas law, Jefferson was within her rights to keep a gun to protect her home.
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As we noted up top, this case is being compared to that of Botham Jean, who was killed in his own apartment by former Dallas cop Amber Guyger last year. That case was just resolved with Guyger receiving a 10-year sentence for murder.
“Unlike this Botham Jean, I don’t want no hug,” Marquis Jefferson said, referring to the infamous hug Guyger received from trial judge Tammy Kemp after she was found guilty. “That’s my one and only daughter. I will never forget that,” Jefferson said.
Meanwhile, James Smith, the neighbor, says he regrets calling the police to conduct a welfare check on Atatiana Jefferson.
“I’m shaken. I’m mad. I’m upset. And I feel it’s partly my fault,” Smith said. “If I had never dialed the police department, she’d still be alive.”
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