The defense rested its case Tuesday in the murder trial of former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean. It marked the fifth day of Dean's trial for fatally shooting Atatiana Jefferson in October 2019.
It was not immediately clear if there would be a rebuttal witness or if the jury would get the case.
The defense started to present its case on Monday, with Dean taking the stand. He testified for more than an hour, facing questioning from the prosecution that focused on the quality of his police work.
Monday morning, Dean told the court he never saw victim Jefferson's face before he opened fire, and only saw her fall after he fired a shot. He said he thought there was a burglar who was pointing a gun at him.
The defense also called a forensics video expert on Monday.
Court was not in session Thursday and Friday last week, but earlier in the week, the prosecution called Jefferson's nephew Zion Carr, who was in the house at the time of the shooting, Carol Darch, an officer who responded to the call with Dean, James Smith, the neighbor who placed a call to the Fort Worth police department's non-emergency line, and multiple crime scene investigators.
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