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She was 21 when her 20-year-old boyfriend shot her multiple times inside a parked car in Baton Rouge. She was pronounced dead at the scene. Law enforcement and media are using her deadname and misgendering her, but friends on social media say she was known as Fifty Bandz. Her name was spelled various ways across social media platforms. That was January 28, 2021.
Police arrested the suspect on Tuesday, February 2, 2021.
From The Advocate newspaper of Baton Rouge (article uses Fifty’s assigned surname, but appropriate pronouns)
Detectives interviewed several witnesses to solve the case. During the interviews, they learned that Wyatt — who friends called ‘Fifty’ — was a transgender woman and had been involved in a relationship with Brooks for over a year, according to his arrest warrant.
Witnesses described the relationship as “very volatile” and said Brooks “was not open or forthcoming” about dating the victim, which “had caused personal problems” for them, detectives wrote in the warrant.
At some point over the summer, Wyatt posted videos of them together, according to the warrant. Witnesses said Brooks had threatened to kill her in the past.
The two had broken up but started dating again in the days leading up to the…
