Angel Haynes, a 25-year-old black trans woman, is the 34th trans person to have been killed in the US this year after she was shot in a motel in Memphis, Tennessee.
The cosmetologist was found after police were called to Motel 6 on East Brooks Road; she had suffered a gunshot wound to the head and the incident is being investigated as a homicide.
There are currently no suspects and local police have not yet confirmed if they are treating the murder as a hate crime.Haynes’ best friend, Takia Weddle, said Haynes had travelled from their hometown of Jackson to visit Memphis, but never called to let Weddle know she had arrived safely.