Washington (7News) — A D.C. man has been arrested and charged with murder for shooting a transgender woman in July, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro announced.
Court documents reveal that Edgar Arrington, 38, of Washington, D.C., was a stranger to Johnson when he approached her walking on the 2000 block of Benning Road NE at 12:30 a.m. July 5.
Arrington allegedly harassed Johnson with slurs before retrieving a firearm and shooting her multiple times. Johnson was taken to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead
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