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Transgender woman murdered outside Atlanta-area apartment complex

A transgender woman was found shot and killed early Monday morning outside of a College Park apartment complex . Atlanta resident TeeTee Dangerfield , 32, was found with multiple gunshot wounds outside of her vehicle at the South Hampton Estates apartment complex on July 31 at about 4:30 a.m., according to the College Park Police Department . Major Lance Patterson told Georgia Voice that College Park Fire Rescue took Dangerfield to Grady Memorial Hospital where she succumbed to her injuries. Patterson also said her family had been notified. There are no suspects at this time, according to Patterson. “Detectives are out there right now following up on leads that have been coming in since then,” he said. It’s also unclear whether Dangerfield’s murder had something to do with her being transgender. “At this time we don’t have anything that’s telling us that, but we’re not ruling out any possible motive,” Patterson said. The incident occurred just two days after a Midtown rally and ...

Arrest made in murder of trans woman in College Park

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College Park Police said they found Tee Tee Dangerfield in her car early Monday morning (Facebook photo) (Photo: WXIA) COLLEGE PARK, Ga. -- More than two weeks after a trans woman was found shot to death in College Park, police confirm they've arrested a suspect. Tuesday night, police arrested 26-year-old Tyrone Kemp for the July 31 murder of Tee Tee Dangerfield . Kemp is charged with malice murder. According to College Park Police Cpl . Lance Patterson, Dangerfield was found shot to death in her car at the South Hampton Estates apartment complex in the 3100 block of Godby Road.  Dangerfield was transported to Grady Memorial Hospital but was later pronounced dead. At this point, it is not clear if the murder had anything to do with Dangerfield being transgender. RELATED | Trans teen's death was result of dispute between groups Dangerfield became the sixteenth transgender person murdered in the United States in 2017 and the second killed in metro Atlanta in the past sever...