Online movement started for transgendered Lufkin woman killed in Tyler

LUFKIN, TX (KTRE) - Family and friends are remembering a murdered transgendered Lufkin woman with on-line messages.

Posts on social media are popping up using #JusticeforNunne.

Ty "Nunne" Underwood was found dead in a car Monday morning in Tyler. Underwood was found shot.

According to authorities, around 2:47 a.m. police were dispatched to an apparent traffic accident in the 400 block of W. 24th Street after a citizen reported a vehicle struck a telephone pole at that location. The caller also told police her children heard what they believed to be several gun shots.

When officers arrived on scene, they discovered the driver of the vehicle had been shot. Underwood was pronounced dead at the scene.

Debra Grant lives two blocks from where the vehicle was discovered, and woke-up Monday morning to the flashing lights of police units.

"I mean nothing out of the 46 years we've been in this neighborhood, we've never had anything like this to go, to happen, Grant said, "I'm shocked."

Anyone with information is asked to contact the Tyler Police Department at 903-531-1090 or Crime Stoppers at 903-597-CUFF (2833).