On 27 May, the 38-year-old Black transgender man was shot and killed by police officers after he was involved in a stabbing on Tallahassee’s Southside in Florida, where one adult male was killed.
At the scene, Tallahassee Police Chief Lawrence Revell told reporters that Tony then “fled on foot” and said officers misgendered him as a “black female, wearing all black, bald, armed with a pistol and a knife.” Revel later said Tony had “pointed the gun” at authorities, which ultimately led to police