A teenager was arrested Monday in connection with the fatal shooting of a transgender woman in Miami-Dade County's Goulds neighborhood.
According to Miami-Dade police detectives, a witness identified Marcus Watson as Marquis "Kiki" Fantroy's killer in a photo lineup. Records show Watson is in foster care.
The 21-year-old transgender woman died July 31 after an early morning shooting near her home.
According to the arrest report, Watson got upset during a conversation, shot at a person officers identified as "Victim Bell" and then started chasing and shooting at Fantroy.
Detectives said Watson ran after her and shot at her several times.
Fantroy was near a corner where Southwest 115th Court and Southwest 116th Avenue meet, north of Southwest 224th Street, when she collapsed, police said.
Miami-Dade Fire Rescue personnel took her to Jackson South Medical Center, where she was pronounced dead.
Fantroy was the 13th transgender woman killed this year in the U.S. and all of them have been African-American, TransGriot reported. Advocates reported 26 transgender women were killed in the U.S. in 2018 and 29 were killed in 2017.
Watson faces a charge of second-degree murder and an attempted murder charge.
