A video of the young man being comforted by his dog during an Asperger's attack went viral last year.

A trans man was shot and killed by police in his own home in Arizona this week.

24-year-old Kayden Clarke was reportedly threatening to injure himself with a knife when police entered his home Thursday to investigate a suicide call they received.

The cops said they were “frightened” when they shot him, and a police statement by detective Esteban Flores, which repeatedly misgenders Clarke, said the police were confused when they made the mistake of killing him.

“She had one knife that we know of, she had something else we’re not sure what it was,” said Flores. “The officer said it was dark inside the room. When she made contact with them she approached them with the knife, extended it out, and they felt threatened.”

Clarke actually went viral last year, when a video showed his dog calming him down while he was suffering from an Asperger’s anxiety attack.





Clarke also began posting videos about his transition, including the one below which finds him excited to discover that his insurance “fully pays, 100%, my gender reassignment surgery.”





h/t: Gay Star News