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Activists call California transgender woman's stabbing death a hate crime
Source: The Guardian
Activists call California transgender woman's stabbing death a hate crime
Zach Stafford in Chicago
Friday 24 July 2015 19.01 BST
Activists are calling for a hate crimes investigation after a transgender woman in California was stabbed to death early Thursday morning.
Police in Fresno are investigating the death of KC Haggard as a homicide – the second such killing of a trans woman this week – as community members are calling her stabbing a “targeted attack”.
Haggard, 66, was walking north on Blackstone Avenue at 1.43am early Thursday morning, when a light-colored SUV pulled over and the car’s occupants began talking to her.
In a surveillance video supplied by Most Wanted Tattoo, a business across the street, Haggard can be seen speaking with both the passenger and driver of the vehicle.
Haggard was stabbed in the neck a few moments later, after she leaned closer to the open window of the passenger side of the vehicle, according to officials.
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Zach Stafford in Chicago
Friday 24 July 2015 19.01 BST
Activists are calling for a hate crimes investigation after a transgender woman in California was stabbed to death early Thursday morning.
Police in Fresno are investigating the death of KC Haggard as a homicide – the second such killing of a trans woman this week – as community members are calling her stabbing a “targeted attack”.
Haggard, 66, was walking north on Blackstone Avenue at 1.43am early Thursday morning, when a light-colored SUV pulled over and the car’s occupants began talking to her.
In a surveillance video supplied by Most Wanted Tattoo, a business across the street, Haggard can be seen speaking with both the passenger and driver of the vehicle.
Haggard was stabbed in the neck a few moments later, after she leaned closer to the open window of the passenger side of the vehicle, according to officials.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/24/fresno-california-transgender-woman-stabbed
