Gay teen shot dead while dressed as woman in Fort Lauderdale

South Florida Sun-Sentinel ^ | February 23, 2008 | Brian Haas and Sofia Santana

[ConservativeStatement]

FORT LAUDERDALE - The shooting death of a gay teenage boy who was dressed in women's clothing is being investigated as a possible hate crime, while detectives try to determine whether he was targeted because of his sexual orientation.

Simmie Williams Jr., 17, was attacked on the 1000 block of Sistrunk Boulevard by two young men who wore dark clothing and might live in the neighborhood, police said. Williams, who was wearing a dress and was known in the area by his first name or as "Chris" or "Beyonce," was shot about 12:45 a.m. Friday and soon afterward died at Broward General Medical Center, police said.It's unclear what Williams was doing in the area, about four miles from his house, but police are investigating whether he was working as a prostitute, officials said.

[ConservativeStatement]

Beyonce?

[fieldmarshaldj]

Prayers for a misguided soul.

[Allegra]

Simmie?

[ovrtaxt]

WAS IT CHRIS CROCKER?!?!??!

LEAVE BRITNEY ALLOOOOOOOONEEE!!

[pissant]

Turning tricks in rough neighborhoods has consequences.

[wintertime]

Williams’ mother said her son was openly gay,
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There is no mention of a dad in this article. This probably explains a lot: Gay, cross-dresser, high school dropout, likely prostitute, etc.

[Mark was here]

Hope they did not mess up his makeup.

[huldah1776]

True reason won’t get out in the MSM.

[PeteB570]

You can say that again.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

This new trend of investigating people for what they may have been thinking is very dangerous and must end. Investigate the murder and leave it at that. Anything more is simply feel-good political correctness.

[VirginiaConstitutionalist]

Thank you for a dignified post. Someone’s made many terrible mistakes in life don’t entitle others to mock them in death. Sending prayers to his family as well.

[Abathar]

Perhaps he dressed up too well and gave someone a big surprise they weren't expecting, while their buddies were laughing at him because they cought on quicker.

I think Aerosmith did a song about guys like this...

[weegee]

Cruising for rough trade is a dangerous activity some trannies delight in. Of course, it could be considered “rape” to seduce a guy under false pretense.

There is no consent to a same sex sexual encounter but the perverts delight in “turning” a straight guy. There is plenty of homosexual fiction (and even feature film) with this as the crux of the plot.

[Mark was here]

Thank you for a dignified post as well. ;)

[Bobalu]

Prayers for the kid and his family.

And what kind of creep makes wisecracks about a kid who was murdered? Some of these posters are an embarrassment :-(

[madison10]

He may have surprised a woman in a public restroom...

[Barnacle]

Turning tricks in rough neighborhoods has consequences.

Especially when a customer discovers he paid fr a woman and got a guy.

[Road Warrior ‘04]

Here I am wondering, why wasn’t the black sheriff’s deputy in Tampa who dumped the white paraplegic from his wheelchair not charged with a hate crime.