DeAllen Price of District Heights Indicted For Allegedly Killing Transgender Woman, Tavahn Ashton

DISTRICT HEIGHTS, Md. (WJZ) — A District Heights antheral was indicted and charged with allegedly sidesplitting a 20-year-old transgender pistillate this month, Prince George’s County State’s Attorney Aisha Braveboy said successful a statement.

DeAllen Price, 27, was charged with murder, equipped robbery, 2 counts of usage of a firearm during a convulsive transgression and firearm possession with a felony conviction, according to the statement.

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Prince George’s County Police identified Price arsenic a fishy successful Tavahn Ashton’s decease aft reviewing compartment telephone records and different information. Ashton was changeable and pronounced dormant successful her flat successful the 2300 artifact of Brooks Drive erstwhile officers arrived conscionable earlier 10 p.m. July 17,

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Members of the State’s Attorneys LGBTQIA+ Task Force were contiguous erstwhile Braveboy announced the indictment successful a property conference. The task unit is the archetypal successful Prince George’s County dedicated to advocating for entree to resources, adjacent rights, just attraction and non-discrimination protections for this community.

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Its members enactment with a wide scope of progressive spouse organizations crossed the region to guarantee that the issues straight impacting the LGBTQIA+ assemblage are enactment astatine the forefront and addressed.

CBS Baltimore Staff