Atatiana Jefferson was a 28-year-old Texas woman. Her death received national media attention after she was watching her 8-year-old nephew when she was shot through a window and killed around 2:30 a.m. October 12, 2019 by police officer Aaron. ^{[1] [2] [3]}

Atatiana Jefferson attended both Cedar Hill High School and Lake Highlands High School. She also studied at Xavier University of Louisiana. ^[9]

Jefferson was a pre-med student who had been helping her family after her mother got sick.

Two police officers drove to her home after her neighbor called a nonemergency line at 2:23 a.m. local time and asked for officers to check on the house because its front and side doors had been open for several hours. ^[3]

The officers parked about a block away and quietly crept around the house, passing by the two open doors and opening a gate to the back yard, according to body camera video. ^[3]

One officer shone a light through Jefferson’s bedroom window and, seeing her, shot her just seconds after he shouted, “Put your hands up!

Show me your hands!” ^[3]

A GoFundMe for Atatiana Jefferson has raised over $174,000 of the $200,000 goal. ^[10]