During questioning from the prosecution, Officer Carol Darch testified that Aaron Dean never said the word “gun” or that he saw someone with a firearm before he shot Atatiana Jefferson or after they went inside and searched the home.
testified Tuesday that Aaron Dean never said he saw someone with a firearm the night he shot and killed Jefferson in her home.
Dean and Darch went to the home after a concerned neighbor noticed a door had been left ajar and called a nonemergency police line. Jefferson, according to court documents, was up late that night playing video games and caring for her 8-year-old nephew, Zion Carr. According to police and body camera footage, Dean failed to identify himself before firing his weapon and striking Jefferson.
Darch said that when they went into the room where Jefferson had been shot, she saw Zion crying and wrapped him in a blanket and took him outside.Darch cried as she spoke about being concerned for the boy’s well-being and asked the judge to pause her testimony. Smith said it was “devastating” to learn Jefferson had been shot by police and that he lives with the consequences of his phone call and Jefferson’s death “every day, every day.” He said he feels “somewhat” responsible for it.
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