Cops bust suspect in Harris murder
21-year-old arrested for brutal stabbing of trans woman Tiffany Harris
BY PAUL SCHINDLER
The NYPD arrested a suspect
on August 12 in connection
with the death of Tiffany
Harris, a Black transgender
woman who was murdered in
the Bronx last month.
Alpha Diallo, a 21-yearold
man who resides at 1849
Sedgwick Ave. in the Bronx,
was arrested for fatally stabbing
the 32-year-old Harris
in the third-floor hallway of
2575 Jerome Ave. after 1:30
a.m. on July 26, the NYPD announced.
Harris was rushed
to Saint Barnabas hospital,
where she was pronounced
dead after 2 a.m.
Diallo faces murder and
manslaughter charges,
as well as a third charge
for criminal possession of
a weapon.
Bronx transgender woman
was just 32 years old when
she was murdered
It is not clear why the two
were at an apartment building
at 2575 Jerome Avenue in
Fordham Manor. Harris resided
at 55 East 176th Street
in Morris Heights, about a
mile from Diallo’s residence
at 1849 Sedgwick Ave, also in
Morris Heights.
The pair were suspected of
having met up for a sex work
encounter, police sources told
the Daily News, but cops said
it is not clear why Harris was
stabbed and the investigation
into the case is ongoing.
The arrest concluded
weeks of incremental updates
from the NYPD, which
continued to release new surveillance
shots and video of a
man wanted for questioning
before finally making the arrest
on August 12. The police
did not immediately respond
to the question of whether
the man whose picture and
videos they distributed
was Diallo.
The community held
a vigil for Harris earlier
this month.
The case, like many others
involving transgender
women, has served as a
prime example of the ongoing
pattern of police and media
failing to respect the names
and gender identities of trans
and non-binary individuals.
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The NYPD, before and
now, identified the victim as
a woman but only referred
to her dead name, and the
Daily News misgendered her
in the headline of a news article
on August 13. The newspaper
in a story shortly after
the killing reported that
Harris’ mother identified
her as a man but also said,
“I didn’t know much about
his lifestyle.”
Diallo’s attorney, according
to the Daily News, argued
in court that his client
suffers from serious mental
health issues that have
been exacerbated during the
COVID-19 crisis due to a lack
of adequate access to necessary
care. The attorney
also tied his client’s mental
health issues to Diallo’s previous
encounters with the
criminal justice system.
The NYPD did not immediately
respond to an email
seeking further details about
the circumstances surrounding
the encounter between
Diallo and Harris.
The NYPD did not immediately respond when asked if this man, who they
sought for questioning in the death of Tiffany Harris, is Alpha Diallo, the
21-year-old arrested for the crime on August 12. NYPD
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