Man Shoots at Gay Couple After Catfishing Them on Grindr
metroweekly.comattempting to stab the victim to death before trying to dismember the body in a bathtub. In September 2020, a Bronx man was arrested and charged with murder for stabbing a man, whom he had met through Grindr, after arranging to host him at his apartment.The following month, a 17-year-old was arrested in Waco, Texas, after he was accused of using Grindr to pose as an older person and arrange in-person meetings with three men, whom he shot, wounding two and killing a third.In 2021, a Texas man was charged with murder for allegedly using Grindr to arrange a meeting with a man whom he robbed and strangled to death.
The following year, a man in California pleaded guilty to using dating apps to lure gay male victims into meeting in person, with the intent of assaulting and robbing them.In 2023, a transgender man was murdered after leaving to go on a date with a person he had been corresponding with online for over a month and a half.
And in July 2024, a Pennsylvania man was arrested for killing and dismembering a 14-year-old transgender girl whom he allegedly met through Grindr for a hookup..
