D.C. man convicted of shooting transgender woman after sex act

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Jerry Tyree was found guilty of aggravated assault while armed and several other charges.

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(Editor's note: This article contains descriptions of violence that some readers may find disturbing.)

A Washington, D.C., man has been convicted of aggravated assault while armed and other charges for shooting a transgender woman in the genitals after a sex act.

A jury in D.C. Superior Court arrived at the guilty verdict Tuesday for Jerry Tyree, 46, of the aggravated assault charge as well as one count of possession of a firearm during a crime of violence, two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm, and one count of attempted possession of liquid PCP, according to a press release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia.

Tyree met the victim, whose name was not released, on a D.C. street November 29. They negotiated a price for oral sex and went to a nearby apartment, where she performed the act on him. He then accused her of robbing him, and when she denied doing so, he took out a handgun and shot her genitalia. He left the scene, and a neighbor called police. The woman was taken to a hospital. She survived but required several surgeries.

Police arrested Tyree December 30 less than a mile from the crime scene, finding that he had the same handgun used in the shooting. He also had several vials, including one that was partially filled with a substance suspected to be PCP. He was identified as the shooter “based on an identification procedure, ballistics evidence, and DNA evidence connecting him to the scene,” the press release notes.

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