. >> reporter: the jean family hired lee merritt to represent them in their ongoing civil case. >> mye in all of these cases in holding police officers responsible is that a message will go out to the law enforcement community that they're not untouchable. there will be consequences if you pull that trigger and don't have the proper justification. >> reporter: but just 11 days after guyger was convicted. >> growing outrage in texas. a woman killed by police in her own home. >> reporter: 28-year-old tatiana jefferson was killed in ft. worth, just 33 miles away from where botham jean lived. >> you really can't make any sense of any of it. >> reporter: jefferson's family's fight for justice is just beginning. the wounds still raw. >> my family, we really shouldn't be at this point dealing with an assassination. >> reporter: why do you call it that? >> because that is exactly what it is. >> hi, my name is tatiana jefferson. >> she had diabetes, and she always talked about being the person to come up with a cure for diabetes. she was extremely strong. she was her own person. >> reporter: a