Dallas police are treating the shooting of a transgender woman as a hate crime, saying the suspect in the attack shouted transphobic slurs before shooting the victim.
The attack happened Friday, but because of her injuries, detectives were unable to confirm certain facts in the case, the department said in a statement. Dallas police are looking for a suspect who was driving this red truck. It is the latest in a string of attacks on Dallas' transgender community in recent years. The shooting unfolded in the northwest part of the city, along a four-lane road populated with apartment complexes and businesses. Around 11 p.m.
June 2019: Transgender woman found dead in Dallas, police say 00:49Authorities have made arrests in some of the recent assaults, but others remain under investigation.
America's first transgender cultural district 04:44State Rep. Garnet Coleman has been trying to add transgender protections to the state's hate crime law for more than a decade. Though Coleman's most recent attempt, introduced a week after the nonfatal attack on Booker, failed to make it out of committee, the bill's co-sponsor said it still amounted to a victory. "While it may seem like a small, procedural step, hearing Rep.
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