FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) — The father of Atatiana Jefferson — the 28-year-old woman who was shot and killed by a Fort Worth police officer last month — has died, sources told CBS 11.
Atatiana Jefferson
Sources told CBS 11’s Erin Jones Saturday evening that Marquis Jefferson, 58, died just short of a month after his daughter’s death. Family spokesman Bruce Carter said he “died of a broken heart” around 6:30 p.m. at Charlton Methodist Hospital in Dallas.
#Breaking Sources say the father of #AtatianaJefferson has passed. Just a month ago I sat down him. He was heartbroken over his daughter’s death, saying she had much going for her and something good has to come out of this. https://t.co/IMWfXGq9Uh @CBSDFW
— Erin Jones (@erinjonesnews) November 10, 2019
Jefferson was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew when former officer Aaron Dean shot and killed her through a window of the Allen Avenue home.
Aaron Dean (Tarrant County Jail)
Jones sat down with Jefferson’s father in October, where he shared the heartbreak of losing his only daughter.
“Her mother called me yesterday morning. She say ‘Tay was shot,’” he recalled. “I mean it’s senseless. My daughter was 28. My daughter was 28-years-old. Had her whole life in front of her.”
The cause of his death is not known at this time.
Dean resigned from the Fort Worth Police Department before he could be fired, and was later arrested and charged with murder.