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Starr Brown was a 28 year old Black trans woman living in Memphis when she was killed by a gun shot to her left side.
Starr went to work on an April Thursday afternoon at Checkers, a fast food restaurant in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee as she did many times. She worked past midnight. At 2:30 AM, she was sen on video camera leaving the premsis in her Pontiac G3 with a coworker.
At 9:30 AM, police responded to a one-vehicle crash on North Rolling Woods Drive near Scenic Highway in Memphis. They found the body of Starr Brown in the vehicle, according to Fox13. Starr had a gun wound on her left side.
Alexavier Williamson, 20, was the last person seen with Starr. He confessed to shooting her. Two weeks after her death, Williamson has been booked on second degree murder charges. Police have not released a motive.
Sadly, Starr’s death was compounded by misgendering and deadnaming by law enforcement, media, and the funeral home.
Honoring Starr
Starr was born in Memphis, Tennessee where she was living at the time of her death. She was working at Checker’s but defined her career as a digital creator. Her social are filled with self-created video content
