Person killed by Tallahassee Police signaled their intentions in Facebook post
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May 28, 2020
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) -- As the Tallahassee Police Department continues its investigation into
we are learning more about the two people who died.
Thursday afternoon,
Tallahassee Police identify McDade as a woman, but acquaintances of McDade, as well as a national LGBTQ group, the Human Rights Campaign, have told WCTV McDade identified as a transgender man.
On McDade’s public Facebook page, they posted an eerie, more than hour long video talking about the events leading up to the stabbing and shooting, including a fight the day before. During the video, McDade says that they do not want to return to prison, and plans to point a gun at police so they'll be shot and killed.
"Because I will not be going back to prison," Tony says in the video. "Me and the law will be having a standoff after I end your (expletive) lives."
McDade
and was released in January. Prior to that, McDade served two stints in state prison on forgery, armed robbery, burglary and assault charges.
Authorities have not identified the stabbing victim or released other details on what lead up to the incidents.