Aaron Dean Venue Change Decision Expected Today

(Fort Worth, TX) — A North Texas judge is expected to rule today on whether to move the trial of an ex-cop accused of killing a black woman in her own home.

Aaron Dean’s attorneys say the former Fort Worth officer can’t get a fair trial in Tarrant County because of media coverage. Dean responded in 2019 to Atatiana Jefferson’s home after a neighbor called the city’s non-emergency number saying her front door was open late at night.

Body cam footage shows Dean shooting Jefferson through a window without identifying himself.