
Chicago man stabbed 13 times in front of a 7-year-old. The Tribune made it about the 'climate for trans people.'
11 October 2026
Kelly Day, a 32-year-old trans-identified male, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Larry Young, 50, on Chicago’s South Side. Prosecutors say Day followed Young across the street to a gas station and stabbed him 13 times in the head, neck and shoulders, with Day’s 7-year-old stepson there to see it. The blade tip broke off in Young’s skull. A judge has ordered Day held until trial. The Tribune turned to an activist who blamed the “political climate.”


