TOLEDO, Ohio — A Toledo man was found guilty of murder and felonious assault and sentenced to 15 years to life in prison by a Lucas County jury on Monday for the 2017 murder of JoJo Striker.
Antonio Scott shot and killed Striker on Feb. 8, 2017, in north Toledo. A police report at the time said Striker was suffering from at least one gunshot wound in a vacant Austin Street garage and was pronounced dead at the scene.
In the days following Striker's murder, her mother called the homicide a hate crime. Striker was a transgender woman.
Scott, now 22 years old, was a juvenile in 2017 and his attorney argued after his arrest in 2022 that he should be tried as a juvenile. The request was denied.
According to police, Scott was tracked down through DNA evidence.
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