Family of Black woman shot through window sues Texas officer

November 17, 2020 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Family members of a Black woman who was killed when a white police officer fired through a window of her mother's Texas home have filed a wrongful death lawsuit against...

Ex-Texas officer’s trial set for next year in woman’s death

October 28, 2020 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A judge in Texas has tentatively set an August trial date for a white former police officer charged with murder in the shooting death of Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman...

Mother dies months after daughter killed in house by officer

January 9, 2020 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The mother of a Texas woman fatally shot by a police officer has died in the house where her daughter was killed, an attorney for the family said.

Father of black woman killed by white Texas officer dies

November 10, 2019 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The father of a black woman fatally shot by a white police officer inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home has died.

A spokesman for Marquis Jefferson, Bruce Carter,...

Texas cop who shot woman was critiqued for ‘tunnel vision’

November 6, 2019 GMT

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — A white Fort Worth police officer who fatally shot a black woman in her home last month had been critiqued in a 2018 performance review for missing calls for help over the...

Judge issues gag order in Fort Worth officer’s murder trial

October 31, 2019 GMT