Non-Binary Teen Murdered At Holiday Party, With Video Of Death Broadcast On Facebook

Jaheim Pugh, a 19-year-old whose mother said identified as both a man and a woman, was shot and killed at a holiday party in Alabama earlier in December — and the video of his death was broadcast on Facebook for all to see and pore over.

The family of Pugh is speaking out, saying that the murder was a hate crime triggered by the brightly colored rainbow bodysuit Pugh, who also went by the name Bella and used interchanging he/him, she/her pronouns, wore to the party.

According to Pugh's mother Tiffany, a voice can be heard on the death video saying, "If he wasn't wearing that dress, he would still be alive."

She also alleged to local news that other partygoers recorded Pugh's death without offering CPR or any assistance. “They sat there for 20 minutes and recorded him on the floor," she said. "No CPR, nothing!"

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“People hated him because of what he wore and it’s not right,” she said.

A suspect in the shooting, which also injured two others, was taken in on December 16. James Lee James Jr., 33, however, says he isn't the one who shot Pugh, and that whoever did better "fess up to it."

“It wasn’t me, I know that much,” James Jr. said, according to local news. “They knew who it is, but it’s all good. I’ll be out soon.”

Police say they are not investigating this case as a hate crime. Alabama's current hate crime statutes do not take crimes against gender identity or sexual orientation into account.

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Pugh's sister wrote an anguished post on Facebook, stating that she believes her brother was murdered for being gay, as well as his fashion style. She begged for tolerance and acceptance: "My brother got killed for wearing A WIG, MY BROTHER GOT KILLED FOR WEARING GIRL CLOTHES...I want people to know you don’t have to accept the lifestyle but please RESPECT IT. My brother bothered nobody."