Destinie and Floriberto Bartolo mourn for their friend Atatiana Jefferson, who they say they have known since high school, outside the house where Jefferson was shot and killed by a police officer, during a community vigil for Jefferson on Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Picture: AP

Texas – The family of a 28-year-old black woman who was shot and killed by a white police officer in her Fort Worth home as she played video games with her nephew expressed outrage Monday that the officer has not been arrested or fired.

The Fort Worth Police Department said officers responded about 2:25 a.m. Saturday after a neighbor called a non-emergency line to report the home’s front door had been left open. The responding officer fired a shot through a window, killing Atatiana Jefferson.

“Why this man is not in handcuffs is a source of continued agitation for this family and for this community,” family attorney Lee Merritt said at a news conference in Dallas on Monday.

Trinity Ford, 4, joins the crowd gathered during a community vigil for Atatiana Jefferson. Picture: AP

The police officer, whose name has not been officially released, should be fired, Merritt said. “That’s the least we should expect,” he said.

“We are not looking for a slap on the wrist,” said community activist Cory Hughes, “… we are demanding that he be charged like the criminal he is.”

Merritt said Jefferson stayed up late playing video games with her 8-year-old nephew and had “lost track of time” when they heard noise outside her bedroom window.