A 38-year-old transgender woman was shot and killed from point-blank range by a 25-year-old Minnesota man to whom she had just given oral sex, according to reports.
Damarean Kaylon Bible was charged with second-degree murder following the Nov. 29 shooting in Minneapolis, according to Dec. 5 court records. In a phone call from jail, Bible admitted to the killing, police said.
The Queer Legislative Caucus of the Minnesota House of Representatives identified the victim as 38-year-old Savannah Ryan Williams and said she was a “beloved member of the transgender community.”
While being interviewed by police, Bible said he walked by Williams and she asked if he wanted to have sex, according to Minneapolis police. When he said yes, they walked to a courtyard and engaged in sexual activity.
Bible said he was receiving oral sex from Williams, but she was making “him feel suspicious,” police said.
“After the sexual act was completed, (Williams) continued to make him suspicious, so he shot her,” officers said in the complaint, citing Bible’s testimony. “(Bible) admitted he shot (Williams’) head from mere inches away.”
Her body was discovered at 9 a.m., more than three hours after witnesses heard a gunshot, according to court records. Surveillance footage recovered from the area show Bible and Williams walking together at 5 a.m., then Bible leaving by himself 45 minutes later.
When Bible was arrested and placed in jail, police said he admitted to his involvement in the killing.
“During one of the calls, he told his dad that he ‘just murdered someone,’” police said. “He stated he felt sorry for killing (Williams) and knew he wasn’t God, but he ‘had to do it.’”
Bible faces up to 40 years in prison if found guilty of murder.
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