A young man named Sammie L. Williams Jr. dressed as a woman was fatally shot in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood known for transvestite prostitution early Friday February 22,2008. Williams, 17, had been shot dead at the corner of Sistrunk Boulevard (Northwest Sixth Street) and 10th Avenue.
The circumstances of the killing -- the victim was wearing women's clothes and gunned down in a neighborhood known for transvestite prostitution -- shocked his mother and left police scrambling to find his killer. It is believed that Williams, who also went by the names Chris and Beyoncé, was involved in an argument with two men, both dressed in black, said Detective Kathy Collins, a Fort Lauderdale police spokeswoman. People nearby heard gunshots and saw the men run off. Williams was killed about a mile from the site of a similar and still unsolved homicide.
Timothy Broadus, a prostitute dressed in women's clothes and a wig, was gunned down in the 500 block of Northwest 21st Avenue the morning of Jan. 8, 2003. Witnesses at the time told Fort Lauderdale police they heard gunshots while Broadus was talking to a man in a silver or gray Honda. The car then sped away and Broadus, who used the name Cinnamon on the street, ran for a short distance before collapsing.
Police ask those with information to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.
Teenage boy dressed as woman shot dead