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Double Shooting of Teen Lesbian Couple in Texas

Double Shooting of Teen Lesbian Couple in Texas

A gunman shot two teen girls, who were in a relationship with each other, in the head in a park in Portland, Texas (near Corpus Christie) over the weekend, according to the Corpus Christi Caller Times. One of the young women, 19-year-old Mollie Judith Olgin, died of her wounds while her girlfriend Mary Christine Chapa, 18, is in the hospital in serious condition but stable as of Sunday, according to the Caller Times.

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Two young women in a relationship together were shot in the head in a park in Portland, Texas (near Corpus Christie) over the weekend, according to the Corpus Christi Caller Times.

One of the young women, 19-year-old Mollie Judith Olgin (pictured right) died of her wounds while her girlfriend Mary Christine Chapa, 18, (pictured left), is in the hospital in serious condition but stable as of Sunday, according to the Caller Times.

While police can’t say for certain that the crime was motivated by the lesbian relationship Portland Chief Randy Wright, who is investigating the attacks, told NBC affiliate kristv.com, "This particular case, it does have some of the earmarks of a targeted attack. We'll know more about that as we go forward in the investigation."

Friends of Olgin and Chapa told kristv that the couple had been together for five months. Olgin’s roommate Samantha Garrett said that “the fun-loving couple hadn’t gotten any negative response to their relationship and could not think of why anyone would want to harm them,” according to kristv.

Olgin and Chapa were found in tall grass in the park leading to police to surmise that the girls had walked with the assailant or assailants but because of the grass police were unable to discern identifiable footprints, according to the Caller Times. 

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Tracy E. Gilchrist

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.

Tracy E. Gilchrist is the VP, Executive Producer of Entertainment for the Advocate Channel. A media veteran, she writes about the intersections of LGBTQ+ equality and pop culture. Previously, she was the editor-in-chief of The Advocate and the first feminism editor for the 55-year-old brand. In 2017, she launched the company's first podcast, The Advocates. She is an experienced broadcast interviewer, panel moderator, and public speaker who has delivered her talk, "Pandora's Box to Pose: Game-changing Visibility in Film and TV," at universities throughout the country.