Aaron Dean Trial Day 3: Live updates
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FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — The murder trial for former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean is now in its third day.
Dean is accused of intentionally shooting and killing 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson inside her home back in October 2019.
The minutes and actions leading up to the fatal shooting of Jefferson were laid out during the trial's second day Tuesday, including the complete recording from Dean's body camera.
Fort Worth police had released a portion of the video shortly after the 2019 shooting. The full version continues past the single fatal shot, showing officers entering Jefferson's home, hearing her cries, and finding a gun on the floor of her bedroom.
Jefferson's autopsy photos are expected to be shown to the jury Wednesday.
The trial will be streamed live everyday on CBS News Dallas-Fort Worth.
A full timeline of the events leading up to the trial can also be found here.
State rests its case, court dismissed for the day
2:54 p.m. — The state has rested its case following Carr's brief testimony, and court has been dismissed for the day. Proceedings are expected to continue Monday morning.
Jefferson's sister takes the stand
2:43 p.m. — Jefferson's oldest sister Ashley Carr has taken the stand. She says Jefferson moved in with her mother Yolanda because she had been ill and that her sister wanted to find a cure for diabetes.
Dr. Fries examines photos of Jefferson's body
2:11 p.m. — Dr. Fries is examining photos of Jefferson's body as they're being shown to the jury. Jefferson was shot once in her upper left chest. One juror became visibly upset by the sight of the photos.
"These are very devastating wounds. I would not expect somebody to survive them."
Court back in session
2 p.m. — Court is now back in session and Dr. Richard Fries with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner's Office has taken the stand.
Before jurors returned, the defense wanted to ask about methamphetamine found in Jefferson's system.
A lot of heads started shaking at that, prosecutors said the amounts were so small that their experts couldn't even determine when she would have taken anything or what impact it would have.
The judge did not let the defense ask about that with the jury in the room.
Court breaks for lunch
12:30 p.m. — The courtroom has taken its lunch break.
Before this, Brissette began poking holes in how Valderas stated he conducted the on-scene investigation.
Shortly after, paramedic Francisco Chairez was called to the stand where he testified that there wasn't anything paramedics could do to save Jefferson after she had been shot. The defense asked if he'd been to shootings in the neighborhood before but he couldn't remember; However, he said he had been to cutting and stabbing calls in the area.
Sidebar called
11:30 a.m. — A sidebar has been called.
Court back in session
10:47 a.m. — Court is now back in session and crime scene investigator T. Valderas is on the stand. He is being questioned about the night he was called out to Jefferson's home following the shooting.
Court takes break
10:20 a.m. — The courtroom has taken a break. Proceedings are expected to resume at 10:35 a.m.
Detective Doug Rohloff takes the stand
10:06 a.m. — Fort Worth police detective Doug Rohloff takes the stand.
Gorkom describes crime scene
9:46 a.m. — Van Gorkom describes what he saw when he arrived at Jefferson's home to document and photograph the scene.
Dean's attorney, Miles Brissette, seemed visibly annoyed to have his objections to scan overruled.
Crime scene photos shown to jury
9:28 a.m. — Van Gorkom looks through crime scene photos and photos of Jefferson's body.
Crime scene investigator takes the stand
9:11 a.m. — James Van Gorkom, a Fort Worth police officer who's part of the department's crime scene search unit, takes the stand.
He was an investigator at the scene after Jefferson's fatal shooting at her East Allen Avenue home.
