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就因为凌晨时分房门大敞，“多管闲事”的邻居报了个警，美国一女子被警察枪杀在自己家中。
事情发生在美国德克萨斯州沃斯堡市。当地时间上周六凌晨2点30分左右，28岁的黑人女子杰斐逊（Atatiana Koquice Jefferson）家的房门大开、灯全亮着。无意间看到这一幕的邻居詹姆斯·史密斯（James Smith）出于对他这位邻居的担忧，就给当地警方打了个报警电话。
警方到达杰斐逊的住所附近后，没有立即进入她的房子，而是绕着她的住所搜寻了一番。当他们看见房子里的一扇窗户旁站着一个人影后，
一名警察竟直接扣动了他手枪的扳机，枪杀了杰斐逊。
而杰斐逊当时正和她8岁的侄子玩着电子游戏。

杰斐逊 图 via CNN
枪击事件发生数小时后，警方公布了一份经过大量编辑的、由该警员的随身记录仪记录下的监控画面。
The nearly 2-minute video shows officers walking outside the home with flashlights for a few minutes before one of them yells, "Put your hands up! Show me your hands!" and shoots his weapon through a window.
这段近两分钟的视频显示，警察拿着手电筒在屋外走了几分钟，然后其中一名警察喊道：“举起手来！让我看看你的手！”并通过窗户向屋内开枪。
In a statement, police said the officers entered the home and gave the woman medical treatment, but she died at the scene.
警方在一份声明中说，警察进入了这名女子的家中，对她进行了救治，但她当场死亡。
Police have not named the officer, who joined the department in April of last year. The officer has been placed on administrative leave pending the outcome of the investigation. 
警方没有透露这名去年4月加入警局的警员的姓名。该名警员已被停职，等待调查结果。
▲Lawyer for slain woman's family says Fort Worth police should not be investigating themselves (via CNN)
杰斐逊的家 图 via CNN
出于对邻居的关心而报警，却导致邻居被无辜枪杀，杰斐逊的邻居史密斯感到非常不安。
Smith, the neighbor who called police, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that he knew Jefferson was home with her nephew when he saw the doors of the house open, and was concerned about them.
向警方报警的邻居史密斯告诉《沃斯堡星电报》，当他看到房子的门开着的时候，他知道杰斐逊和她的侄子在家里，他很担心他们。
He told the newspaper he was trying to be a good neighbor and called authorities so they could check on Jefferson.
他告诉《沃斯堡星电报》，他本想当个好邻居，并打电话给有关部门，以便他们查看杰斐逊的情况。
"I'm shaken. I'm mad. I'm upset. And I feel it's partly my fault," he told the newspaper. "If I had never dialed the police department, she'd still be alive."
“我很不安。我心烦意乱。我快疯了。我觉得这在一定程度上是我的错，”他告诉《沃斯堡星电报》。“如果我没有给警察打电话，她就不会死。”
▲Lawyer for slain woman's family says Fort Worth police should not be investigating themselves (via CNN)
此外，他表示当时没有发生家暴或争吵，警察不应采取如此激进的执法方式。
The concerned neighbor, James Smith, told local television station WFAA that he never intended for an aggressive law enforcement response.
深感不安的邻居詹姆斯·史密斯对当地电视台WFAA表示，他从没想到（警方）会采取激进的执法行动。
"No domestic violence, no arguing," he said. "Nothing that they should have been concerned with, as far as them coming with guns drawn to my neighbor's house," Smith said. "There wasn't any reason for a gunshot that I know of," he said. "She wasn't a threat." 
史密斯说道：“没有家庭暴力，没有争吵。就他们带着枪来到我邻居的房子而言，没有什么是他们应该担心的。据我所知，当时没有任何理由会发生枪击。她不构成威胁。”
▲Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To 'Open Structure Call'(via NPR)
詹姆斯·史密斯 图 via WFAA
据警方公布的、经过剪辑的、由警方随身记录仪拍摄到的当时的画面显示，开枪的那名警察当时并没有表明他的警察身份，同时屋内也发现了一把枪。对于警察开枪时，杰斐逊是否也拿着枪，警方没有对媒体作出回答。

Authorities say that when they entered Jefferson's home, a gun was recovered from the bedroom — the area where police shot and where Jefferson was pronounced dead. Officials did not say whether Jefferson was holding a weapon at the time the officer fired at her. 
警方说，当他们进入杰斐逊的家时，从卧室里找到了一把枪，这是警察开枪的地方，也是宣布杰斐逊死亡的地方。警方没有说明杰斐逊在警员向她开枪时是否持有武器。
▲Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To 'Open Structure Call'(via NPR)
不过，当地的牧师、社区活动人士表示，杰斐逊拥有武器不应该成为警方使用致命武力的理由。
Kyev Tatum, a pastor and community activist who was on the scene shortly after the shooting, said Jefferson's having a weapon should not have justified the use of deadly force.
基耶夫·塔图姆是一名牧师和社区活动人士，他在枪击事件发生后不久就赶到了现场。他表示杰斐逊拥有武器不应该成为警方使用致命武力的理由。
"If you hear some noise in your backyard early in the morning when you're with your 8-year-old nephew, well of course anyone in their right mind is going to try to protect themselves and others, especially a child," Tatum said. "But the officer reacted so quickly and never identified himself as a police officer."
“清晨时分和8岁的侄子在一起时，如果你听到后院有噪音，当然，任何正常的人都会试图自我保护和保护他人，尤其是孩子，”塔图姆说道。“但这名警察反应太快，且从未表明自己是一名警察。”
▲Fort Worth Officer Kills Woman In Her Bedroom In Response To 'Open Structure Call'(via NPR)
当CNN要求得到未经剪辑的现场录像、事件报告、以及警方当时的调遣电话录音时，警方发言人表示，目前不会公布更多信息。

据警方介绍，这是德克萨斯州沃斯堡警察局今年以来发生的第9起涉警枪击案。其中有7人死亡。
警员随身记录仪画面 图 via CNN
杰斐逊于2014年毕业于泽维尔大学，获得生物学学士学位。她从事医药销售的工作，并搬到了生病的母亲家里照顾她。她有三个兄弟姐妹。

对于她的不幸，杰斐逊的姐妹表示，这又是一起那些本应保护他们的人实际上并没有保护他们的案件。
"It's another one of those situations where the people that are supposed to protect us are actually not here to protect us," Jefferson's sister, Amber Carr, told CNN affiliate KTVT. "You know, you want to see justice, but justice don't bring my sister back."
“这又是一桩，本该保护我们的人实际上并不是来保护我们的事件。”杰斐逊的姐妹安布尔·卡尔对CNN下属的KTVT说道。“你知道，你想看到正义，但正义并不会把我妹妹的命还回来。”
▲Lawyer for slain woman's family says Fort Worth police should not be investigating themselves (via CNN)
梅里特将这起事件与该地区另一起备受关注的致命警察枪击事件相类比。两起案件的共同点在于，涉事警察都是白人，而受害者都是非洲裔美国人。
安珀·盖格（Amber Guyger）是达拉斯的一名白人警察，她走错房间，进入一名黑人男子的公寓，以为那是她自己的公寓，然后开枪打死了那名男子。她最近被判处10年监禁。
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整合：Du Qiongfang
资料：CNN, NPR
图/题图：CNN, WFAA
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