Authorities arrest North Plainfield man wanted in fatal shooting of transgender woman

By Alexi Friedman-

Marquise Foster

   MAPLEWOOD -- A 25-year-old North Plainfield man wanted in the shooting death of a transgender Newark woman surrendered to authorities on Saturday night, the Essex County Prosecutor's Office announced.
Marquise Foster turned himself in at 8 p.m. Saturday, more than a month after the fatal shooting of Victoria Carmen White, 28, in Maplewood. He is charged with murder. Bail was set at $1 million.

   A second man, Alrashim Chambers, 23, remains at-large and is also charged with murder.
   Acting Prosecutor Robert Laurino has said White, who legally changed her name to Victoria Carmen after undergoing a sex-change nine years ago, may have been killed because of her sexual orientation.

   White, a lingerie model, was shot multiple times inside a Maplewood apartment on Sept. 12. She met her alleged killers at an Irvington nightclub just hours before she died, Laurino has said.
Foster, Chambers, and two unidentified people returned to the home, where an altercation led to White's death, Laurino said. The other two people have not been implicated in the killing.
Authorities are also investigating a separate March homicide in Maplewood as a possible bias attack related to the victim's sexual orientation.


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