No bail for murder suspect; hate crime charge a possibility
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Police say Dwight DeLee shot and killed Moses Cannon, known by friends and family as Latiesha Green. The victim was a transgender person. The reason for the shooting, police say, is because of Cannon's sexuality.
The district attorney's office is now weighing whether or not to charge DeLee with a hate crime, which would carry a loftier sentence.
DeLee was arraigned Monday morning in Syracuse City Court on a charge of second degree Murder. No bail was set and he remains in custody.
A friend told Latiesha and her brother Mark Cannon, 18, to stop by a party at 411 Seymour Street on Friday night. When they pulled up to the police, police say a number of people took issue with their arrival because the brothers because of their sexaulity.
DeLee allegedly walked up to the parked car and began shouting profanities. Police say he then went inside the house and came back out with a 22-caliber rifle.
DeLee fired a single round through the driver’s side window, according to police. The bullet grazed Mark Cannon’s arm and hit Latiesha in the chest.
Mark, who was sitting in the driver’s seat, drove to Arthur Street where an ambulance picked the siblings up and took them to University Hospital. Latiesha was later pronounced dead. Mark was treated and released.
DeLee fled the party after the shooting and police later found him at a home in Liverpool where he was arrested.
Police say DeLee has a history of weapons and drug charges on file.
1 comment:
Another case is that od Duanna Johnson
http://www.feministing.com/archives/012189.html
She was a transgender woman in TN who had been a victim of police brutality last June. Johnson was shot "execution-style" on her "usual corner."
She had an outstanding lawsuit against the police department fro $1.3 million.
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