Incident

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4-15-2019 Ohio Cleveland 1-1

Location

April 15, 2019

Incident Address

Cleveland, Ohio

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Claire Legato
Age: 21
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: John Booth
Age: 61
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Hate crime

Notes

Transgender woman shot in head in argument about a tax check. Died one month later on 05/14/19

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://www.cleveland.com/metro/2019/04/argument-over-tax-check-led-to-shooting-of-transgender-woman-in-cleveland-police-say.html

URL: https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fthecorpislife%2Fposts%2F542504762820412

URL: https://www.gaystarnews.com/article/trans-woman-tragically-passes-away-after-fatal-shot-to-the-head/#gs.cmflku

District

Congressional District: 11
State Senate District: 21
State House District: 9