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The family of a Fort Worth woman shot and killed inside her home by a police officer demanded a federal investigation into her death, an attorney said Monday (October 13).

"Fort Worth needs to recuse itself from this investigation and bring in an outside agency," family attorney Lee Merritt told reporters.

Atatiana Jefferson was killed on Saturday by a police officer who fired through a window into the home while responding to a call to check on the well-being of those inside, police said in a statement.

The unidentified officer has been placed on administrative leave pending an investigation by the police department and the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office, police said.

Merritt told reporters, "they need to make sure this officer is treated like any other criminal suspect in our criminal justice system."