A 38-year-old transgender woman was shot and killed early Wednesday morning, Baltimore police said.Download the WBAL app. Police said the victim, Alphonza Watson, was shot at about 4:15 a.m. in the 2400 block of Guilford Avenue. Officers found Watson suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach and took her to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she died.Witnesses told police that they heard someone yelling for help and then heard gunshots."It appears at this time that some sort of argument took place," Baltimore police media relations Chief T.J. Smith said. "There was some back and forth, some yelling and screaming."Immediately after the gunshots, witnesses said they saw two men running and getting into a dark-colored vehicle that sped away.Police canvassed the neighborhood as part of their investigation.Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2100, text a tip to 443-902-4824, call Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP, or submit tips anonymously through the Baltimore police mobile app.There have been 14 homicides involving transgender victims in Baltimore since 2005. Smith said a majority of the cases have been closed. In September 2016, Crystal Edmonds, a transgender woman, was killed on Fairview Avenue. Her case remains open and an investigation continues.Stay with wbaltv.com, the mobile app and 11 News for the latest on this story.

A 38-year-old transgender woman was shot and killed early Wednesday morning, Baltimore police said.



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Police said the victim, Alphonza Watson, was shot at about 4:15 a.m. in the 2400 block of Guilford Avenue. Officers found Watson suffering from a gunshot wound to the stomach and took her to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where she died.

Witnesses told police that they heard someone yelling for help and then heard gunshots.

"It appears at this time that some sort of argument took place," Baltimore police media relations Chief T.J. Smith said. "There was some back and forth, some yelling and screaming."

Immediately after the gunshots, witnesses said they saw two men running and getting into a dark-colored vehicle that sped away.

Police canvassed the neighborhood as part of their investigation.

Anyone with information on the shooting is asked to call police at 410-396-2100, text a tip to 443-902-4824, call Metro Crime Stoppers at 866-7LOCKUP, or submit tips anonymously through the Baltimore police mobile app.

There have been 14 homicides involving transgender victims in Baltimore since 2005. Smith said a majority of the cases have been closed. In September 2016, Crystal Edmonds, a transgender woman, was killed on Fairview Avenue. Her case remains open and an investigation continues.

Stay with wbaltv.com, the mobile app and 11 News for the latest on this story.