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A black trans man died in Tallahassee, Florida this week in a police shooting. Tony McDade was originally misgendered by police as a woman during a fatal shooting. NewsOne reports that McDade sometimes went by she/her pronouns and sometimes they went by he/him pronounces indicating that they also could have been gender non-conforming. Social media has identified the deceased as a black trans masculine person. McDade was killed by members of the Tallahassee Police Department who said the officers were in the area to investigate a stabbing and saw McDade holding a gun and motioning towards an officer. An eye witness countered that however and said that McDade did not have a gun. The witness also alleged that police immediately shot McDade and did not ask them to put their hands up.