A Tampa teenager is behind bars, charged with a hate crime for allegedly robbing, then shooting a 22-year-old man who identifies as a woman.

Coko, 22, is a self-described transgender. She asked us not to use her full name or show her face. Coko says she’s still quite shaken up at what TPD says Tavares Spencer, 16, did.

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