Deadnaming is when a trans person’s birth name, not their preferred name, is used. The Dallas Police Department said it had been “unable to confirm an alternate name for the victim.”“Our detectives, as with all murders, are working diligently to find the perpetrator to this horrible crime,” Sgt.
Warren C. Mitchell told NBC News in an email. “We continue to ask the community for their assistance.”Mack’s killing adds to the Lone Star State’s grim statistic as being one of the deadliest states for transgender people: Prior to Tuesday’s killing, at least 14 trans and gender-nonconforming people were violently killed in Texas since 2016, according to the Human Rights Campaign.