A transgender man in South Carolina is alleged to have been so enraged after being recently kicked out of a homeless shelter that he stabbed an employee in the abdomen with enough force to expose his internal organs.
Until recently, a 34-year-old homeless man named Michel Silva Pérez Shepherd’s GateA homeless shelter in Greenville run by a Christian organization called Miracle Hill Ministries, which was established to serve women and mothers with young children.
Miracle Hill also released a statement claiming that they were unaware of Perez’s true gender while at Shepherd’s Gate, but suggested that it had “nothing to do with” her admission or departure from the facility for women and young children.
Last Wednesday night, Miracle Hill announced that Perez had been “disqualified” from staying at the shelter because he had violated the facility’s guidelines. statementThe group did not disclose the nature of Perez’s violations.
It’s unclear exactly when Perez found out about the eviction, but Greenville police were called to the scene the following morning after Perez allegedly assaulted a shelter staff member over the eviction.
according to ReportsPerez shoved the employee to the ground in the Shepherd’s Gate car park and then Greenville County Sheriff’s Office It is called a “sharp object” Arrest warrant He called it a sword and began stabbing employees with it.
Stabbing incident Apparently The wounds to the woman’s abdomen were so severe that police later reviewed security footage of the attack, which showed some of the victim’s internal organs outside her body, and apparently enabled them to identify Perez as the attacker.
The woman was rushed to a local hospital where she underwent surgery and is “currently in stable condition and recovering,” Miracle Hill said.
Meanwhile, Perez was arrested and booked into the Greenville County Jail on suspicion of attempted murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime, but his name did not appear in online jail records as of Thursday morning. DatabasePerez is reportedly undergoing so-called sex reassignment surgery and is being kept isolated in a men’s facility.
Despite this, the sheriff’s office statement refers to Perez as a “woman” and never uses the modifier “trans.” The Blaze News reached out to the sheriff’s office for further clarification on the statement. Spokesperson Lt. Ryan Flood said: [Perez] She identifies as a woman [driver’s license] It shows that way.”
Miracle Hill also released a statement claiming that they were unaware of Perez’s true biological sex while at Shepherd’s Gate, but suggested that it had “nothing to do with” her admission or departure from the institution for women and young children.
“Following the incident, we learned through media reports that the former guest was transgender,” the statement read. “The Department had no knowledge of this. Whether the reports were true or false had no bearing on Miracle Hill’s support or refusal to provide assistance, and did not cause the guest to leave the facility.”
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