10/06/2020
Friends and advocates are grieving after a transgender woman was found shot dead at an Augusta park Saturday.
"HRC is mourning the loss of Felycya Harris, a transgender woman killed in Meadowbrook Park in Augusta, Ga.," said Elizabeth Bibi, the senior communications adviser for the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ-advocacy group.
Richmond County Coroner Mark Bowen ruled the death a homicide after an autopsy Monday. Harris, 33, was pronounced dead at 2:35 p.m. at the park, Bowen said.
Family and friends reacted with shock and circulated "Justice for Felycya" posts on social media. Harris taught dance, worked in a furniture store and had more than 4,130 followers on Facebook.
Harris' body was found at Meadowbrook Park, a small city park in south Augusta next to Butler Creek and Meadowbrook Elementary School.