Trans woman shot dead in Florida is 20th trans person to be killed this year in US
A transgender woman of colour has been found shot dead in Charlotte County, Florida.
Londonn Moore is believed to be the 20th trans person to be killed so far this year in the US.
Moore, 20, was shot multiple times near Sawyer Circle in North Port early on Saturday morning (September 8).
Local media have reported on Moore’s death, with some outlets referring toĀ the woman by the name she was given at birth (commonly known as ‘deadnaming’).
Police are reportedly treating Moore’s death as murder. However, it is not yet clear if they are investigating it as a hate crime.
The overwhelming majority of known trans murderĀ victims in the US this year have been trans women of colour.
Police are reportedly treating Moore’s death as murder. (Londonn Moore/Facebook)
“When it comes to murder, murder is murder,ā North Port Police Department officer Joshua Taylor told NBC. āWhether itās a hate crime or not, youāre going to pay that price.ā
Just a week before her death, Moore had posted on Facebook: “Ima give this whole love thing one more chance. Wish me luck.”
On Facebook, a woman called Pamela Kinard, who claimed to be Moore’s mother, appeared to misgender her daughter and deny that she was transgender.
Moore’s death comes just over a week after another trans woman of colour, Shantee Tucker, was found shot dead in Philadelphia.
Tucker,Ā who had celebrated her 30th birthday on September 2, was found with a gunshot wound by police at about 1am on a highway in the Hunting Park area of the city, according toĀ local media reports.
She was taken to Temple University Hospital, where she was pronounced dead. Police are reportedly looking for a suspect in connection with the murder.
At the time of Tucker’s death, theĀ Human Rights Campaign reported that 16 of the 19 known killings of trans people in the US in 2018 have beenĀ womenĀ of colour.
Shantee Tucker was found dead on September 5. (Shantee Tucker/Facebook)
On August 30, twoĀ more black trans women were found dead on the same day.Ā
Dejanay L. Stanton, aĀ 24-year-old woman, was found on a street inĀ ChicagoĀ on Thursday morning with a gunshot wound to the head, theĀ Chicago Sun-Times reported.
The other woman, 18-year-oldĀ Vontashia Bell, was found in a street in Shreveport, Louisiana, withĀ gunshot wounds to the chest and wrist.
Sarah McBride, national press secretaryĀ for the Human Rights Campaign, recently told PinkNews: āThere is a growing epidemic of violence targeting transgender people, particularly Black transgender women.
āThis is an urgent crisis that is a by-product of the toxic and violent combination of transphobia, misogyny, and racism. As a society, our policymakers and lawmakers must do more to combat this violence.”
