New York police have launched a search for the murderer of a transgender woman in East Harlem park over the weekend.
GayCityNews reports witnesses alerted police in the early morning hours of March 28, describing the victim, a 33-year-old transwoman identified only as âLexi,â as sitting on a park bench. An unidentified man approached her, and a verbal altercation ensued. The man then stabbed Lexi in the neck before escaping on a motorized scooter. Police arrived on the scene to find Lexi dead of her wound.
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New York Mayor Bill DeBlasio extended his sympathies and expressed outrage over the crime.
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This is horrifying.
My heart breaks for this woman and for her family. We WILL find the person responsible for this heinous crime and bring them to justice. New York City stands with our trans community, now and always. https://t.co/bi9cg8ZZi0
â Mayor Bill de Blasio (@NYCMayor) March 28, 2020
âMy heart breaks for this woman and for her family,â de Blasio said on Twitter. âWe WILL find the person responsible for this heinous crime and bring them to justice. New York City stands with our trans community, now and always.â
Police have yet to identify a suspect or make any arrests.
Lavonia Brooks, a friend of Lexi, told The New York Daily News âI really looked up to her because of her tolerance and respect. Lexi had a beautiful heart, she was very gifted.â She added: âWhat happened last night was uncalled for.â
Ricanthony
Rest In Peace
Mister P
This is heartbreaking.
chase_boston
Welcome back to Daddy-stockholm … who is ready for Death ? Human Blood Sacrifice is back in fashion.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
I can’t remember if it was the NYPost.com or the NYDailynews.com but I read about this last week. Lavonia was quoted as saying that earlier in the day Lexi had a fight with another trans woman and snatched off her wig. She said that Lexi worked that area too for money. Poor girl. RIP honey.
Black Pegasus
So she may have known her attacker. Police need to follow these leads.
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Black Pegasus: For a Black transperson? Sadly don’t see that happening … đ
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
Peg, here’s the situation. The way Lavonia described the wig snatching something gives me the impression that she was there and saw it. You and I both know that if the attacker were caught the first thing they are going to say is “I was walking down the pathway and she hauled off and attacked me again” and that will be the end of it. Self defense will be claimed and god forbid if Lexi has prior arrests, especially for assault or disorderly conduct or a history of SRO (homeless shelters) residency this case will be considered closed. The attacker might be trans themselves. These sorts of things do happen amongst them.