Fort Worth Activists Demand Answers In Series Of Fort Worth Officer-Involved Shootings

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(Fort Worth, TX) — Some Fort Worth activist are calling for changes after four officer-involved shootings in ten days.

At a meeting Monday night at Texas Wesleyan University, people suggested a community oversight board should look into the Fort Worth PD.  The latest officer-involved shooting was Sunday night, when police fatally shot 20-year-old felony suspect Jaquavion Slaton.  Slayton was wanted by campus police at the University of Texas at Tyler for a domestic violence assault in April involving a handgun.

According to a statement from Fort Worth Police, the suspect refused to comply with the officers’ orders as they tried to get him out of a truck he was hiding in.  Three officers fired at Slaton, who was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say they have evidence that supports Slaton fired his gun.