Police this week charged a transgender woman with the murder of her boyfriend in South Philadelphia last weekend.
Police arrested 29-year-old Alonzo Simmons, who reportedly lives as a woman, April 3 in connection with the stabbing death of Angel Brown, 27.
Simmons allegedly stabbed Brown once in the chest during an argument in their home on the 2000 block of Oakford Street early Sunday.
The altercation took place around 2:45 a.m., and Simmons contacted police and led them to the victim, who was in a bedroom.
Brown was transported to the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, where he was pronounced dead at 3:27 a.m.
Simmons was brought in for questioning on Sunday and arrested that day, charged with murder and possession of an instrument of crime.
Police spokesperson Lt. Ray Evers said he was unsure what type of knife was used in the stabbing. He said there are no details available about what led up to the argument, other than it was “domestic” in nature.
Court records indicate that Simmons was arrested six times since 2003 for such crimes as drug possession, disorderly conduct and loitering and obstruction of highway — offenses typically associated with prostitution.
Simmons was arrested Dec. 4, 2009, for obstruction of highway in a case that was conjoined with codefendant Herman Burton, also arrested at that time for the same crime.
Burton is a transgender sex worker arrested late last year for the murder of an alleged client inside the Omni Hotel.
Evers said police do not believe Simmons is connected in any way to the Omni case.
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