Tiara Love Tori Jackson
Age 37 (born 13 Sep 1988)26 Sep 2025
Charlotte, North Carolina (USA)
Shot
Tiara was found with gunshot wounds in a motel. Six days before her killing she had posted on Facebook asking for financial help.
Darris Dee Marshall, 33, was arrested at the scene and has been charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.
A trans woman was tragically shot and killed Friday morning at, WoodSpring Suites, a low-budget motel in Charlotte, according to the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department (CMPD).
On Friday, officers with CMPD responded to a call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon with injury at around 9:21 a.m. in the 1600 block of Deboer Avenue. Upon arrival, they found 37-year-old Tiara Love Tori Jackson, a member of Charlotte’s LGBTQ+ community, dead at the scene.
As CMPD’s Homicide Unit took over the investigation, officers quickly identified a suspect — 33-year-old Darris Dee Marshall. Just after Jackson’s body was found, Westover Division officers were called to a separate shooting where Marshall was located with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound.
He was taken to a local hospital, treated, and then interviewed by detectives at CMPD’s Law Enforcement Center (LEC). Based on that interview and gathered evidence, Marshall was formally charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon.
Darris Dee Marshall, 33, is charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm by a felon after allegedly killing trans woman Tiara Jackson in Charlotte.
Following his release from medical care, Marshall was transferred into the custody of the Mecklenburg County Sheriff’s Office, where he is currently being held without bond. Marshall is scheduled to appear in court on Monday, September 29. No motive has been publicly released, and investigators have not confirmed the relationship, if any, between Jackson and Marshall.
According to PGH Lesbian Correspondents:
"Tiara was originally from Saginaw, Michigan. She relocated to Charlotte, North Carolina in 2021. In the past years, she worked in the healthcare industry at Novant Health Forsyth Medical Center. Tiara attended Arthur Hill High School and Delta College. Tiara’s feeds are filled with music, dancing, and lots of humor and satire. She was a regular participant in KiKi balls with a lot of trophies and seems to have had a large number of ballroom family both in Michigan and North Carolina. Tiara was involved with her local Black Pride events."
Tiara's Facebook profile is https://www.facebook.com/tiara.jackson.96343.
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https://thencbeat.com/trans-woman-tiara-jackson-killed-charlotte-hotel/
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https://gunmemorial.org/2025/09/26/tiara-love-tori-jackson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cqEVSo_BlhM
