(Fort Worth, TX)  —  The nephew of a Fort Worth woman says his aunt pointed a gun “toward the window” before a Fort Worth Police officer shot and killed her last weekend.

The murder warrant for the former officer says the eight-year-old told police he and Atatiana Jefferson were playing video games when she heard noises outside the house.  The boy says his 28-year-old aunt took a handgun from her purse and pointed it “toward the window” a moment before former Officer Aaron Dean fired a fatal shot.

Fort Worth Interim Police Chief Ed Kraus told reporters on Tuesday it “makes sense” that Jefferson would have a gun if she felt threatened or someone was in the backyard.