most in any year since activists and media began keeping records.The shooting took place in the parking lot of a motel, the Bellevue Inn, about 1 a.m.
November 6, according to Memphis’s Fox affiliate, which misgendered Johnson. A local transgender activist group, We Care TN, has confirmed she was trans.Memphis police, also misgendering Johnson, tweeted that the shooter was “an unknown male” who had argued with the victim.
The gunman stole her car and drove away from the scene. Johnson was taken to a local hospital but did not survive.Johnson was a graduate of Booker T.
Washington High School in Memphis and had attended the University of Memphis, reports Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents, which monitors anti-trans violence.