WCAU reports. The driver, Abdullah Ibn El-Amin Jaamia, 28, told police his passenger, Green, had been shot.Green was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead of a gunshot wound to the neck about 8:30 a.m.
Police arrested Jaamia Tuesday; he is charged with her murder and other offenses, according to the station.“This latest act of violence against a member of our community is a somber reminder of the epidemic of violence against trans individuals,” said a statement from the city’s Office of LGBT Affairs. “It is a crisis that cannot be allowed to persist any further.