Marquis Tanner, 30, gunned down 24-year-old Alexandria Winchester on a basketball court behind the Twin Parks West development on E. 183rd St. near Webster Ave. in Fordham Heights, police and prosecutors allege.
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Alexandria Winchester, a 24-year-old Latina transgender woman, was shot dead on Boxing Day in the Bronx, New York.
She was a client of the Ali Forney Centre, which helps homeless LGBT+ youth, which posted about her death and said she may have known her killer.
“This week we learned that one of our clients, Alexandria Winchester, a young transgender woman of colour, was murdered on the streets of our city,” the organisation said on Facebook.
“The details about her murder are still emerging, and it is believed she knew her murderer. We do not know whether she was targeted because of her identity.
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“Alexandria mattered to her community and to the world,” Lindsey Clark, associate director of the transgender justice initiative at the Human Rights Campaign, said in a statement. “The loss of another transgender person in 2020 is devastating.”
Winchester was a client of the the Ali Forney Center, which provides support to homeless LGBTQ+ youth. The center posted to Facebook they were “shattered” by news of her murder.
“This week we learned that one of our clients, Alexandria Winchester, a young transgender woman of color, was murdered on the streets of our city,” they wrote. “The details about her murder are still emerging, and it is believed she knew her murderer. We do not know whether she was targeted because of her identity. We are shattered,