Anyway, I don’t blame his mom. Your sexual preference doesn’t change your gender. And seeing him as a boy probably gave her closure. AND he wasn’t sent “home” wearing anything; he was already deceased by the time they had the wake/funeral, clothes don’t have spirits and travel to the afterlife .

“…Naked came I out of my mother’s womb, and naked shall I return thither: the LORD gave, and the LORD hath taken away; blessed be the name of the LORD.” Job 1:21

Anywhere. He can’t join the military, he can buy cigarettes, he can’t do many things. He’s not legal.

I’m sorry this happened to him, but if I was his mother I would have buried him as a MAN also.

God have mercy on him… (@ 2bme - *ditto*)

FORT LAUDERDALE
Teenage boy dressed as woman shot dead
A young man dressed as a woman was fatally shot in a Fort Lauderdale neighborhood known for transvestite prostitution early Friday.
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BY ADAM H. BEASLEY
abeasley@MiamiHerald.com

Simmie L. Williams, 17, died after he was shot at the corner of Sistrunk Boulevard and 10th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale on Friday.
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Simmie L. Williams spent much of Thursday looking after his 1-year-old nephew, Jamar. He cooked dinner for his mom and told her he was going out to meet some friends.

Denise King said goodbye to her son — for the last time.

Shortly after 1 a.m. Friday, King’s daughter received a call from the hospital.

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.

Williams bears the same name as his father, a felon who was released from prison three weeks ago after a nine-year stretch.

The elder Williams has convictions for attempted murder, gun violations and child abuse. The abuse charges stem from 1988, before the younger Williams was born.

The father told prison authorities that he planned to live with his parents in Kellyton, Ala., upon his release.

However, as of Friday afternoon, the elder Williams still had not made it to Alabama, according to Mary Ann Williams, his mother.

The victim’s grandmother had just learned of the killing when she was reached by The Miami Herald.

”I am heartbroken,” said Mary Ann Williams, who last spoke with her grandson in December 2006. “It’s terrible.”

Mary Ann Williams, who lived in Fort Lauderdale for close to 40 years before moving to a rural area of Alabama, said she knew her grandson was troubled.

Family had tried to intervene, she said, but those efforts were unsuccessful.

Before he went to jail, the elder Williams’ last known address was 723 NW 10th Ave., a block from where his son was killed.

He stopped by King’s apartment Friday to pick up his other two sons.

The family made funeral arrangements Friday.

Police ask those with information to call Broward Crime Stoppers at 954-493-8477.