MN Man Kills Trans Woman After Becoming 'Suspicious' During Sex: Cops

MINNEAPOLIS — A 25-year-old man is accused of fatally shooting a transgender woman after feeling "suspicious" during a sex act, according to police.

Damarean Bible was charged Tuesday with second-degree murder. If convicted, he faces up to 40 years in prison.

Bible is currently being held at the Hennepin County Jail without bail.

The Hennepin County Medical Examiner identified the victim as Miguel Reed Stillday, 38, of St. Paul. The victim was also known as Savannah Ryan Williams.

As of Aug. 8, Williams had been a wanted fugitive for robbery, according to the Minnesota Department of Corrections.

On Nov. 29 at about 9 a.m., Minneapolis police received a report of a person down and not breathing in the courtyard on the 3000 block of 4th Avenue South.

At the scene, officers found Williams' body "obviously deceased from a gunshot wound to the head," the criminal complaint states. "Victim had a hooded sweatshirt on, and there was gunshot residue on the hood suggesting the shot was from close range. "

After witness interviews and a review of surveillance footage from Lake Street, investigators identified the suspect as Bible.

Bible was arrested where he lived at 95 South 10th Street, authorities said.

While in jail, Bible called his dad and told him he "just murdered someone," stating that he felt sorry for doing it and knew he wasn't God, but he "had to do it," according to the criminal complaint.

A search of Bible's apartment turned up a 9mm Polymer80 handgun with no serial number and a .22 caliber rifle, police said. When confronted by police with video evidence, Bible admitted to the shooting, the criminal complaint states.

According to authorities, Bible said he walked past Williams sitting in a Lake Street bus shelter. Williams asked if he wanted "p----," Bible said yes, and they walked to the courtyard so Williams could perform a sex act on Bible, according to the criminal complaint.

According to police, Bible said he began to feel "suspicious" while Williams performed the sex act.

"After the sexual act was completed, [Williams] continued to make him suspicious, so he shot her," the criminal complaint states. Bible admitted he shot at Williams' head from inches away, according to police.