Newsweek subscription offers >Now detectives have launched an investigation to establish the woman's identity and determine the cause of her death.At the moment it is not known if her death was suspicious.
A police source told Newsweek that the woman was black and that she was transgender.It is not known if she was living in the area or whether she was visiting a friend or relative when she died.Detective Hubert Reyes of NYPD said when officers arrived at the scene they found the woman unconscious and unresponsive.Newsweek subscription offers >Speaking to Newsweek he said: "We received a 911 call at around 8.31am on Monday morning."Emergency responders also attended and declared that the woman was dead."A crime scene was established and the.