The latest victim is 28-year-old Marquiisha Lawrence, who was described by her mother as having a “heart of gold”. Lawrence was shot and killed in Greenville, South Carolina on 4 November, which the police and Greenville County coroner’s office are continuing to investigate.
According to the latter, she was found in her home following an altercation with one or more individuals. Eboni Sinclaire, Lawrence’s trans mother, said: “Marquiisha ‘Quii’ Lawrence, like so many who have gone before her, fell victim to a senseless murder. “Quii was a young trans woman, at the beginning of this game called life, as WE know it in the trans community.