*The mother of Atatiana Jefferson died in her Fort Worth home early Thursday morning after battling an illness, according to family attorney Lee Merritt.
Yolanda Carr died in the same home where Jefferson was fatally shot by former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean in October 2019. She was 28.
Dean resigned from the police department two days after the killing and has been indicted on a murder charge in Jefferson’s death.
“Atatiana was killed by a Fort Worth, TX police officer while serving as the caregiver for Ms. Carr, who had recently taken ill,” Merritt announced on Twitter on Thursday. “Memorial Service details will follow.”
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We just learned Yolanda Carr, the mother of #AtatianaJefferson, passed away in her home early Thursday morning. Atatiana was killed by a Fort Worth, TX police officer while serving as the caregiver for Ms. Carr who had recently taken ill. Memorial Service details will follow. pic.twitter.com/3YkSdCzuu4
— S. Lee Merritt, Esq. (@MeritLaw) January 9, 2020
“The family is devastated by Ms. Carr’s untimely death,” Merritt said in a written statement. “Police brutality impacts entire families, communities and generations,” he wrote. “There is no doubt Ms. Carr’s recovery was complicated by the tragedy of her daughter’s death and the difficulty associated with the ongoing fight for justice. We will continue the fight in her honor.”
Carr’s former husband and Atatiana’s father, Marquis Jefferson, died of a heart attack in November.
Many users on Twitter have noted that Dean’s one bullet basically killed three people from the same family.
“Marquis Jefferson, the father of Atatiana Jefferson, died 28 days after her death on Nov. 9th of a broken heart,” family spokesman Bruce Carter said in a previous statement. “His heart was broken when the bullet of Aaron Dean killed his only child. The Jefferson family believes Mr. Jefferson was killed by the same bullet that killed his daughter.”
Carr spoke from her hospital bed on a video call at a news conference the day Dean was indicted.
“My God, I was so happy to hear that the man who shot my daughter is indicted for murder,” she said. “Justice was served on that part, but I know we got a long way to go.”
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