D.C. officer allegedly solicits sex from transgender woman, gets rejected, decides to shoot her & her friends

Off-duty D.C. officer fired on several people, police say
By June Q. Wu
Washington Post
Aug. 27, 2011

An off-duty District police officer fired a handgun at several people, hitting at least one, during a confrontation early Friday, police said.

Police offered few details about the incident. According to a news release and statements by Chief Cathy L. Lanier, the officer — identified as Kenneth Furr — argued with five people before the shooting, which took place at First and Pierce streets NW.

Two of the people involved were transgender women who said they were wounded by gunfire after a traffic collision involving Furr.

In interviews, one said Furr approached her as she walked into a CVS in Northwest Washington. “His eyes were bloodshot,” she said. “I could smell the liquor on his breath. He told me he wanted to pay me to have sex with me. He kept trying to get me in his car.”

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