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Father of Atatiana Jefferson dies of heart attack weeks after her killing

In memoriam This morning
Marquis Jefferson died of a heart attack on Saturday at the age of 59. His death comes just weeks after his daughter, Atatiana Jefferson, was fatally shot by a police officer in her home in Fort Worth, Texas.
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· 12 hours ago

Father of Atatiana Jefferson dies of heart attack.

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· Nov 9

Atatiana Jefferson was killed in her home by a Fort Worth police officer. Her family's grief is great and now there's more. Sources confirm her father, Marquis Jefferson, has passed away. We last heard from him as he planned Atatiana's funeral.

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· 23 hours ago

The Jefferson family says he died of a heart attack at a hospital in Dallas Saturday evening.

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· 12 hours ago

“He just couldn’t get back from what happened with his daughter.” Less than a month after Atatiana Jefferson was fatally shot by a white police officer inside her Texas home, her father has died.

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· 13 hours ago

“He ultimately just succumbed to, I don't know, I can only say a broken heart" ... "He just never recovered from the grieving process." | Atatiana Jefferson's father dies weeks after his daughter was killed by a police officer

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· 14 hours ago

The father of Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman who was shot dead by police inside her home in Texas, has died from a heart attack. Marquis Jefferson’s spokesperson, who confirmed his death, said that Jefferson “just couldn’t get back from what happened with his daughter.”

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· 13 hours ago

the ripple effects of trauma resulting from police violence never go away. sticks in your bones, weighs on your heart, and in a country that refuses to re-examine their hero worship of police, it can never go away RIP Marquis Jefferson. RIP Erica Garner. RIP Venida Browder. ♥️

The father of Atatiana Jefferson, a Black woman who was shot dead by police inside her home in Texas, has died from a heart attack. Marquis Jefferson’s spokesperson, who confirmed his death, said that Jefferson “just couldn’t get back from what happened with his daughter.”
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· 24 hours ago

'broken heart syndrome' is real... Kalief Browder / Venida Browder Eric Garner / Erica Garner (even Carrie Fisher / Debbie Reynolds) And now, Marquis Jefferson. I can't begin to imagine the pain this family has to endure.

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· Nov 9

R.I.P. to Mr. Marquis Jefferson, the father of Atatiana Jefferson, the woman who was killed by a former Fort Worth officer. This is terrible.

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· Oct 14

Former Fort Worth police officer Aaron Dean has been charged with the murder of Atatiana Jefferson, who was shot and killed in her home after a neighbor called a non-emergency line for a welfare check when he noticed Jefferson's door was left open.

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· Oct 13

Atatiana Jefferson, a 28-year-old Black woman, was shot dead by the police at her Texas home after a neighbour called the police to request a welfare check because her front door was open.

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