DETROIT (WWJ) A Highland Park man pleaded guilty to shooting and killing a transgender woman last summer at a hotel on Woodward.
According to court records; Carlos Scotland, 18, pleaded to Second Degree Murder and a Felony Firearms weapons charge on Friday—in connection to the death of Asia Davis, 36 of Highland Park.
The Wayne County Prosecutors Office said Highland Park officers were called to the Woodward Inn on Woodward at Church, near the Davison, for a reported shooting on June 1st, 2023 around 11:00 p.m.
When officers entered the hotel room, they found Davis dead with a bullet wound to her head.
According to prosecutors, Scotland fired the gun and killed Davis before leaving the scene. Investigation conducted by Michigan State Police led to his arrest over six months later on March 12, 2024.
“Ms. Davis was a transgender woman of color who was murdered on the first day of Pride Month on June 1, 2023. She was beloved in her community and was known to be a generous and compassionate person according to her family and many friends….” Prosecutor Kym Worthy said i n a March press release. “At the time of her death, she had recently completed nursing school and was going to start a new job when her life was tragically cut short.”