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Four arrested in the Vermont beating death of transgender man
Source: Reuters
World | Fri Jun 3, 2016 3:19pm EDT
Four arrested in the Vermont beating death of transgender man
BY SUZANNAH GONZALES
Four fugitives wanted in connection with the beating death of a transgender man at a Vermont homeless encampment have been arrested in San Diego, police said on Friday.
Police Chief Brandon del Pozo in Burlington, Vermont, told a news conference that Erik Averill, 21, Jordan Paul, 21, Myia Barber, 22, and Allison Gee, 25, were arrested on outstanding warrants on Thursday by San Diego police. They were being sought in the death of Amos Beede, 38, who was assaulted on May 22 and died on May 29.
The four will be charged with murder after they are returned to Vermont, Burlington Police Lieutenant Shawn Burke told Reuters. He said in the meantime they were being held in San Diego and the investigation would continue.
Bias against a transgender person had been a possible motive in the crime, but officials now believe the motive was retaliation.
"We believe at this point it fits into a wider pattern of aggression against fellow homeless rather than targeted aggression motivated by Beede's transgender status," del Pozo said at the press conference.
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Four arrested in the Vermont beating death of transgender man
BY SUZANNAH GONZALES
Four fugitives wanted in connection with the beating death of a transgender man at a Vermont homeless encampment have been arrested in San Diego, police said on Friday.
Police Chief Brandon del Pozo in Burlington, Vermont, told a news conference that Erik Averill, 21, Jordan Paul, 21, Myia Barber, 22, and Allison Gee, 25, were arrested on outstanding warrants on Thursday by San Diego police. They were being sought in the death of Amos Beede, 38, who was assaulted on May 22 and died on May 29.
The four will be charged with murder after they are returned to Vermont, Burlington Police Lieutenant Shawn Burke told Reuters. He said in the meantime they were being held in San Diego and the investigation would continue.
Bias against a transgender person had been a possible motive in the crime, but officials now believe the motive was retaliation.
"We believe at this point it fits into a wider pattern of aggression against fellow homeless rather than targeted aggression motivated by Beede's transgender status," del Pozo said at the press conference.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-vermont-lgbt-idUSKCN0YP2CW