A black trans woman who was murdered in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday (June 25) has been identified as Brooklyn Lindsey.
Lindsey has become the 11th trans person confirmed to have been killed in the US this year, and according to the Human Rights Campaign every one has been a black trans woman.
According to local newspaper Kansas City Star, police said her body was found in the porch of an abandoned house at 6.30am, and may have been there for several hours.
Neighbours reportedly heard an argument at around 2.30am near the house, followed by multiple gunshots.
She had obvious signs of trauma to her face and it is being investigated as a homicide, but police have yet to determine a cause of death, the newspaper reported.
