If a Black transgender teenager gets shot and killed in Florida and no one reports it, what does that say about the value of their life? McGee's relatives announced her death on social media after she died on July 5. In various posts, her mother, Jameka McGee, referred to McGee while also sharing graphics bearing the name Jayla. According to social media reports, McGee died from gun violence in Belle Glade, Florida, where she was born and raised. The site notes that McGee was the 15th reported transgender person of color killed in the United States this year.