The Los Angeles Police Department is asking for the public’s help to find a group of men who, according to them, attacked a transgender woman over the weekend and believe they are the same people who attacked her in April.
According to LAPD, the group involved in a previous attack returned to the victim’s location on May 31 around 11:38 pm in the Los Angeles Westlake district.
They assigned the 61 -year -old woman, leaving her with serious injuries. The group left the scene before the authorities arrived.
According to LAPD, one of the alleged attackers entered the victim’s store on April 8 and began to flirt with her. But once he rejected his advances, he left and then returned, pushing her to the ground.
“The suspect sexually assaulted the victim and discovered that she was a transgender woman. The suspect moved away and threatened to kill the victim,” the Lapd said.
The same man supposedly returned to the victim’s location several times along with other men and committed other hate crimes against the victim that included hitting her with a skateboard, deploying pepper and throwing an unknown liquid substance while another man tried to stun her with a taser.
Detectives believe there may be other unidentified victims and are looking for public help to identify the alleged attackers and release their photographs.
Anyone who has been a victim or has additional information on the identification of suspects is urged to contact the robbery detectives of the Rammart division to 213-484-3495. During non-commercial hours or on weekends, calls must be directed at 1-877-LAPD-24-7 (1-877-527-3247).
Anyone who wishes to remain in anonymity must call the crime crime stoppers of Los Angeles at 1-800-222-Tips (800-222-8477) or go directly to www.lacrimstoppers.org. Tipsters can also download the mobile application “P3 tips” and select the Crime Crime Stoppers of Los Angeles as their local program.
This article originally appeared in NBC Los Angeles.
