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Woman shot dead in her home by police officer

A black woman has been shot dead in her own home by a police officer responding to a call for a welfare check in Texas.

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Atatiana Jefferson was killed after a neighbour phoned police to say he was worried because the 28-year-old’s front door had been left open.

In body cam footage released by the police, two police officers can be seen using flashlights to search the home from outside before one is heard shouting through a window: “Put your hands up, show me your hands.”

Ms Jefferson was pronounced dead at the scene in the early hours of Saturday.


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By Stergos Kastelloriou




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