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Seven Years After Atatiana Jefferson Was Killed at Home, Fort Worth’s Reckoning Could Near $15M

*Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home when a police officer responding to a welfare call shot and killed her through a window. Nearly seven years later, the city's financial reckoning over her death could reach $14.75 million.

Seven Years After Atatiana Jefferson Was Killed at Home, Fort Worth’s Reckoning Could Near $15M

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*Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home when a police officer responding to a welfare call shot and killed her through a window.

Nearly seven years later, the city's financial reckoning over her death could reach $14.75 million.

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*Atatiana Jefferson was playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew inside her Fort Worth, Texas, home when a police officer responding to a welfare call shot and killed her through a window. Nearly seven years later, the city's financial reckoning over her death could reach $14.75 million. Fort Worth has negotiated a proposed $11.25 million …

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