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Across the street, going in front of her house and past the front doors which were open and go down the side of her house to the rerl of her house and less than a minute, i heard gunshots. >> reporter: ft. worth police confirm an officer shot and killed jefferson. they followed up information with a clip of body camera video that shows officers moving along the side of the home into the backyard with flashlights shining and then this. >> hands up! show your hands! >> we went from a check to a woman killed by the cops. >> shot through a screened window. ft. worth officers later releasing imagin...

To share their outrage. >> this is one i cannot swallow. we are not talking pranks for nobody. >> our voice will be heard this time. >> jefferson was an xavier university graduate working in medical sales and holding down the fort while her mother was in the hospital and a neighbor just trying to be a good neighbor, left feeling like this. >> i feel guilty because had i not called is the ft. worth police, my neighbor would still be alive today. >> reporter: the demand for answers and justice and a call for an independent investigation, many in the community say an indictment is the right call....

Some answers right now after a 28-year-old african-american woman was shot and killed by a police officer as she was inside her own home. this happened early yesterday morning. >> let's get the latest now from nicole jacobs from ktvt. >> she was a cool aunt who stayed up until 2:00 a.m. playing video games. >> reporter: and what jefferson was doing in the overnight hours with her nephew. >> hardest part about this is i spoke with the 8-year-old who explained what it was like nlds of the house. >> reporter: just before 2:30, james smith, a neighbor of the east allen avenue home called the nonem...

No indication where that gun was. no indication she had that gun. there is no indication that she should not have the gun. texas is a very liberal castate. it's horrible when someone gets shot and killed in their own home and you go for a wellness check or see what is going on on may be april miss and someone is dead and something is wrong and needs to be investigated and community needs answers and deserve them and should get them. >> in a statement released yesterday the ft. worth police officer who said the officer whose name had not been released proceed the threat and drew his weapon. wha...