"On Feb. 16, [2014] deputies were called to a home on Zimmerman Avenue just after midnight for reports of two men fighting over a weapon. Witnesses who were inside the house at the time said the woman called 911 and told the dispatcher the fight was over money, not a gun.
When Officer Daniel Willis arrived at the home, Smith was standing near the front doorway of the home. According to authorities, Willis issued verbal commands for Smith to come out of the home but when she stepped out he fired his weapon and shot her twice."
READ MORE: http://kxan.com/2014/08/22/family-of-woman-shot-killed-by-bastrop-county-sheriffs-deputy-seeks-damages/
Willis claimed Yvette Smith had a weapon. Willis retracted the statement. Willis has been indicted.
According to the Huffington Post, "early data indicates black women account for nearly 20% of those unarmed blacks killed by officers in the past 15 years."
Yvette Smith was one of the 20%
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