A report posted by FOX News indicated that alleged Philadelphia gunman Kimbrady Carriker was seen in a photo cross-dressing but “is biologically male.”
Carriker allegedly shot and killed five people in Philly on Fourth of July eve.
On July 5, 2023, Breitbart News pointed to a Daily Mail column that contained photos of Carriker cross-dressing, as well as social media posts in which Carriker stressed support for Black Lives Matter.
The Daily Mail column did not suggest Carriker was transgender.
However, FOX News reported that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene suggested Carriker might be transgender via a tweet that said, “Another trans shooter.”
Former Republican Congressional Candidate Robby Starbuck tweeted, “Keep in mind that Democrats want you to let the trans Philadelphia mass shooter into the bathroom with your wife and daughters.”
Asa Khalif, a member of the Philadelphia District Attorney’s advisory committee, was outraged that Carriker was referred to as transgender.
Khalif referred to Carriker as “they/them,” as he explained, “The suspect has not identified themselves as trans. They have only identified themselves as male.”
He continued, “But the language spewed out by the conservative press is violent and is dangerous, and it’s targeting trans women of color. It’s rallying the community to be violent, and we’re better than that.”
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio and a Turning Point USA Ambassador. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010, a speaker at the 2023 Western Conservative Summit, and he holds a Ph.D. in Military History, with a focus on the Vietnam War (brown water navy), U.S. Navy since Inception, the Civil War, and Early Modern Europe. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at
