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| Date | May 27, 2020 |
|---|---|
| Time | c. 11 a.m. EST |
| Location | Saxon Street Tallahassee, Florida[1] |
| Coordinates | 30°24′55″N 84°17′55″W / 30.415412°N 84.298648°W |
| Type | Homicide, police shooting |
| Participants | Unnamed officer in the Tallahassee Police Department |
| Deaths | Tony McDade |
| Charges | None |
On May 27, 2020, after 11 a.m.,[2] a 38-year-old African-American[3][4] transgender man, Tony McDade,[5][6][4][7] was fatally shot in the Leon Arms apartment complex by an officer of the Tallahassee Police Department,[8] following the fatal stabbing of Malik Jackson on nearby Saxon Street.[1][9][10] Early reports of the incident misgendered McDade as a "woman", and on May 28, the police department described McDade as a woman who "identified as a man".[1][11][9][4] On September 3, a Leon County grand jury found that the police use of force against McDade was justified. Police body camera showing McDade pointing a firearm at one of the police officers before being shot was also released.[12]
McDade was a suspect in Jackson's fatal stabbing and police stated that McDade pointed a gun at police and that a bloody knife was found at the scene.[13] Some witnesses have contradicted statements by the Police Department[14] that McDade was armed with a gun.[8][15][6][5] It was also alleged that the officer had called McDade a racial slur before shooting and killing him,[13] though this was later proven false through body camera footage.
- ^ a b c "Officer-involved Shooting Leaves Tallahassee Woman Dead". WFSU News. May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Protestors Slam Tallahassee's Past Police Shootings After Black Woman Is Killed By Cop". NewsOne. May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
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TalDem1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b Aviles, Glen (May 29, 2020). "Black transgender man fatally shot by Florida police". NBC News. Archived from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Thompson, Laura. "The police killing you probably didn't hear about this week". Mother Jones. Archived from the original on May 30, 2020. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
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TransAmsterdamwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b "Tallahassee Police Officer Shoots And Kills Black Woman". NewsOne. May 27, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Betz, Bradford (May 27, 2020). "2 dead after stabbing leads to officer-involved shooting in Florida, reports say". Fox News. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ Williams, Jada (May 28, 2020). "Multiple investigations underway after deadly officer-involved shooting on Holton Street". WTXL.com. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved May 29, 2020.
- ^ "Fatal stabbing leads to officer-involved shooting on Holton Street". WCTV. May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on June 3, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
- ^ "Police bodycam footage, Tony McDade selfie video show lead up, aftermath of shooting".
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
:1was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Tallahassee Police Department is currently investigating an officer involved shooting in the 2500 block of Holton Street..." Tallahassee Police Department. May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020 – via facebook.
- ^ Tweet thread from Ryan Daily, reporter, WFSU, 13:00 - 14:00 ET, May 27, 2020:
- @RT_Dailey (May 27, 2020). "I'm here at Leon Arms apartments, at the scene of an officer involved shooting... a resident, gives his account of what happened" (Tweet). Retrieved May 28, 2020 – via Twitter.
- @RT_Dailey (May 27, 2020). "Second half of Clifford Butler's eyewitness account" (Tweet). Retrieved May 28, 2020 – via Twitter.