In the early hours of February 10, 2015, a life was tragically cut short in the Treme neighborhood of New Orleans. Perry Thornton, a 21-year-old Black transgender woman also known as Penny Proud, was found fatally shot multiple times around 1:30 a.m. on the 1100 block of North Claiborne Avenue. Emergency services arrived at the scene to find Thornton, who was pronounced dead from her injuries. The initial reports from some local media outlets incorrectly identified her gender, an issue that was
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