Aaron Dean Trial Day 6: Live updates

FORT WORTH, Texas (CBSDFW.COM) — The murder trial for former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean is now in its sixth day.

Defense attorneys began presenting their case on Dec. 6, 2022 in Tarrant County’s 396th District Court.

Dean is accused of intentionally shooting and killing 28-year-old Atatiana Jefferson inside her home back in October 2019.

The state rested its case against Dean on Dec. 7 after two and a half days of testimony. 

During the five days of testimony, both sides called experts in police procedure as their last witnesses, to either defend or condemn Dean’s actions when he shot Jefferson in 2019.

Tuesday afternoon, state District Judge George Gallagher said attorneys were finalizing jury instructions. During jury selection Gallagher told potential jurors he may consider a lesser included offense of manslaughter for them to consider but it wasn’t clear at the end of the day if he would do that.

Wednesday morning, Dec. 14, lawyers gave closing arguments, and the jury began deliberations.

Jurors will be sequestered until they reach a verdict.

The trial is streaming live everyday on CBS News Dallas-Fort Worth. See a full timeline of the events leading up to the trial here.