TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Activists in Florida’s capital city say the case of a Black transgender man who was shot to death by a police officer earlier this year has left many unanswered questions.
The police officer who remains unidentified shot McDade in the Leon Arms apartment complex in Tallahassee’s south side on May 27.
The Tallahassee Democrat newspaper reported witnesses said the police officer who killed McDade is white. A Tallahassee Police Department press release notes McDade “made a move consistent with using the firearm against the officer, who fired their handgun, fatally striking” him.
The press release and a police report use McDade’s birth name and describe him as a “female.” The police officer shot McDade less than an hour