DALLAS (NBC DFW) - The father of Atatiana Jefferson has died less than a month after his daughter was shot by a Fort Worth police officer inside her own home.
A spokesman for Marquis A. Jefferson tells NBC 5 that Marquis was not ill and that he died from a heart attack.
"It's just sad because of grief. I don't know what else to say. Less than a month ago, he was working at El Centro, mentoring kids twice a week. He just couldn't get back from what happened with his daughter," said Bruce Carter.
Marquis filed a temporary restraining order last month to stop the funeral of Atatiana saying he would suffer immediate and irreparable harm if the court did not stop the activities of the wake, funeral, and burial of Atatiana.
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