CLEVELAND, Ohio — An argument over tax return checks led to a transgender woman being shot in the head, police say.
The 21-year-old woman suffered life-threatening injuries and is being treated at University Hospitals, according to police.
John Booth, 61, is charged with felonious assault in connection with the shooting. A warrant was issued for his arrest.
The shooting happened about 4 a.m. Monday in the front yard of a home on East 147th Street, north of St. Clair Avenue in the city’s Collinwood neighborhood.
An argument broke out inside the home between Booth and the 21-year-old woman’s mother. The woman’s mother accused Booth of stealing her tax check, police reports say.
The argument became heated, and the 21-year-old woman confronted Booth, police reports say. She went outside and Booth shot her in the head, according to police reports.
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