Incident

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5-18-2019 Texas Dallas 1-1

Location

May 18, 2019

Incident Address

Dallas, Texas

Participants

Type: Victim
Name: Muhlaysia Booker
Age: 22
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Female
Status: Killed

Type: Subject-Suspect
Name: Kendrell Lavar Lyles
Age: 33
Age Group: Adult 18+
Gender: Male
Status: Unharmed, Arrested

Incident Characteristics

Shot - Dead (murder, accidental, or suicide)
Hate crime
LGBT+
Trans: Victim

Notes

Near Tenison Park Golf Course. Transgender woman who had recently been publicly attacked found shot to death. Suspect also linked to other murders

Guns Involved

1 gun involved.

Type: Unknown

Sources

URL: https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/05/19/transgender-woman-muhlaysia-booker-fatally-shot-east-dallas/

URL: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/06/20/man-arrested-connection-death-transgender-woman-found-white-rock-lake

URL: https://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/trans-advocate-remembers-muhlaysia-booker-four-years-later/3379293/

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District

Congressional District: 32
State Senate District: 23
State House District: 100