The News & Advance reports.Police are investigating Boykin’s death as a homicide, and they are still searching for a suspect.
They said they do not believe the shooting was a hate crime and think it may have been related to a domestic dispute. A child was at the scene and was not harmed.Torri Chippe, a longtime friend of Boykin’s, told the paper that “he was loved and liked by everyone.
He was one of those people that was just good vibes and energy.”Boykin is at least the 29th trans, nonbinary, or gender-nonconforming person to die by violence in the U.S.