Daily News | Philadelphia man accused of killing transgender advocate Mar’Quis ‘MJ’ Jackson arrested in Nevada
Authorities arrested the Philadelphia man they say killed Mar’Quis “MJ” Jackson, a transgender man who was an advocate in the Philadelphia transgender community, and who had been on the run for months across the country.
Authorities say Jackson had been beaten and left outside, with only a T-shirt and boxers on and without shoes, on a cold winter day. Markiya Jackson, Jackson’s sister, learned of Mitchell’s arrest while she was out shopping on Monday afternoon. When she heard the news, she said, she started jumping up and down, screaming in relief that her brother’s killer had finally been caught.
Last month, District Attorney Larry Krasner and other authorities, at a news conference alongside friends and family of other Philadelphia transgender people who had been killed in recent years, identified Mitchell as the person they say beat Jackson to death.
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