Woman Shot and Killed While in Her Home by a Fort Worth Police Officer

28-year-old Atatiana Koquice Jefferson who was shot and killed by a police officer in her Fort Worth, Texas home after a neighbor called dispatchers to report the woman's front door was open, police said. Courtesy of Lee Merritt

A woman was shot and killed by a police officer in her Fort Worth home after a neighbor called a non-emergency police line to request a welfare check.

Officers with the Fort Worth Police Department responded to the woman’s home at 2:25 a.m. on Saturday, saw a figure in the window, perceived a threat and fired a shot, police said in a statement.