In Washington, D.C., a man has been found guilty of aggravated assault while armed after shooting a trans woman he accused of stealing $80 from his pocket while she performed oral sex on him.
A D.C. Superior Court jury found Jerry Tyree, 46, guilty of one count of aggravated assault while armed, one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, two counts of felony possession of a firearm, and one count of possession of liquid PCP.
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“I was relieved, for one thing, and kind of happy that justice was served,” Kayla Fowler, the victim of the shooting, told the Washington Blade after the verdict came down.
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Prosecution witnesses testified that Fowler and Tyree met at a well-known gathering place for female transgender sex workers on the afternoon of the …