Former TX Officer Gets 11+ Years for Shooting Armed Woman Through Window

Former Fort Worth, TX, police officer Aaron Dean has been sentenced to 11 years, 10 months and 12 days behind bars for the manslaughter of Atatiana Jefferson.

Dean will be granted "time-served" for the 2019 shooting, he will be eligible for probation in 5 and a half years, Fox 4 reports.

A Tarrant County jury reached the unanimous decision on the sentence after a day and a half of deliberations.

The 10 months and 12 days mirrors the date of Jefferson's shooting: Oct. 12.

Dean was convicted of manslaughter in the 2019 shooting death of Jefferson earlier this month.

The former officer shot and killed Jefferson through a window while on duty and responding to an open structure call at Jefferson's mother's home. She was holding a pistol at the time of the shooting.