Cops: Transgender Man Who Allegedly Stabbed Mother in Supermarket Said He was Angry With Life and Wanted to Get Back at Someone

A transgender man who allegedly fatally stabbed a mother of five in a Maine supermarket on Wednesday confessed to the crime and said he planned to kill “several random people,” according to a court affidavit obtained by the Associated Press.

Connor MacCalister, 31, allegedly told cops he had been planning an attack for a month because he was angry with life and wanted to get back at someone. The Portland Press Herald reported that MacCalister, who has previously been identified as a woman and was born Tanisha Hopkins, now identifies as a transgender male.

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MacCalister, who shaved his head and dressed in camouflage, allegedly told police he followed Wendy Boudreau, 59, from the parking lot of the Shaw s supermarket into the ice cream aisle, where he grabbed her from behind and slit her throat. Boudreau later died in the hospital.

MacCalister said he targeted an older, small woman who he knew wouldn t resist, according to the affidavit. Cops have said there is no indication that the two knew each other.

According to the documents, when an employee rushed over and asked MacCalister why he had attacked Boudreau, he responded, She looked at me funny. The affidavit states that another witness told cops that MacCalister told him, I m off my meds and I didn t meant to do it

MacCalister is being held without bail at the York County Jail. He was not required to enter a plea, according to the Press Herald.