Father of Atatiana Jefferson, Marquis Jefferson Dies

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — The father of Atatiana Jefferson, 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, tells that the father of Atatiana Jefferson suffered a heart attack and died Saturday night at a Dallas hospital. Carter tells that Jefferson “just couldn’t get back from what happened with his daughter.”

The 28-year-old Jefferson was last month after police went to her home for a welfare check. The Fort Worth officer, Aaron Dean, was charged with from the force. After his daughter’s death, Marquis Jefferson sought a to gain control over the funeral arrangements from his daughter’s aunt. A deal was eventually reached and the funeral was rescheduled.