The Latest Breaking News from Fort Worth

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DALLAS — Aaron Dean, the former Fort Worth police officer sentenced to prison Tuesday for the on-duty killing of Atatiana Jefferson is in Texas’ prison system.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Bingo Merriex took about 20 years between college classes.

FORT WORTH — Newly built houses are nestled among older, some dilapidated, homes on East Allen Avenue. Some lawns are manicured while others are unkempt.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Atatiana Jefferson’s family waited three years for justice in her slaying, but they said the justice rendered fell short.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Mike Leach stopping to coach a 6-man football team on his way to the airport is about the most Mike Leach thing ever.

FORT WORTH, Texas — TCU quarterback Max Duggan acknowledged on Tuesday that his decision to enter the 2023 NFL draft on Sunday was hard, but he felt it was the right one for him.

A jury found Aaron Dean guilty of manslaughter last week for the fatal shooting of Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, while she was babysitting her nephew in a family home.

Fort Worth police were sent to the 28-year-old’s home on a non-emergency call

FORT WORTH, Texas — The former Fort Worth officer convicted of manslaughter for the 2019 killing of Atatiana Jefferson was sentenced Tuesday to more than 11 years in prison, marking an end to the long-awaited trial in a case that sent shock waves across Tarrant County and nationwide.

FORT WORTH, Texas — Jurors deliberated former Fort Worth Officer Aaron Dean’s punishment for more than seven hours Monday before they were sequestered, extending the sentencing phase of the trial another day.