Los Angeles police are searching for the person who shot a transgender woman to death as she banged on the front door of a residence for help, according to The Huffington Post.
Deshawnda Bradley, 21—also known as Tata and Deshawnda Sanchez—was shot around 4 a.m. on Dec. 3. Police said they were investigating whether the killing was a hate crime.
Rev. Darlene Nipper, deputy executive director at the Task Force, said in a statement, “The National LGBTQ Task Force is outraged by the murder of Deshawnda Sanchez and the ongoing homicides targeting transgender women of color taking place throughout the nation. This year alone, 12 transgender African-American and Latina women have been murdered—and there seems to be no end in sight to these ongoing tragedies.”
Earlier this year, the National LGBTQ Task Force launched #StopTransMurders, a public education campaign to raise the voices of transgender activists and allies working to end anti-transgender violence.
Press release at the link: windycitytimes.com/lgbt/Murder-of-LA-trans-woman-is-12th-anti-trans-murder-in-2014/49895.html.