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Oliver 'Ollie' Taylor, a trans teen, died on 19 May 2021 after being kidnapped and shot in Gervais, Oregon. The HRC says Taylor is the 26th known trans person killed this year. (Human Rights Campaign)
Oliver “Ollie” Taylor, a trans teenager, was kidnapped and shot dead in Gervais, Oregon. He was 17.
Taylor, a student at Gervais High School, was kidnapped after a shooting in the 1000 block of Depot Court on 12 May, according to
The news outlet, which misgendered Taylor in their initial report, reported the suspect, Kenneth Peden III, allegedly shot another victim before attacking Taylor and kidnapping him.
Peden then fled the scene in a Ford F-150 truck and exchanged gunfire with Oregon police before he was eventually arrested and taken to the Marion County Jail.