Police have identified the body of a person shot and killed in Missouri earlier this week as 32-year-old Brooklyn Lindsey, a black transgender woman.
Brooklyn Lindsey has become the 11th known black trans woman to be killed by violence in the US in 2019.https://t.co/TwLW0K3eeX pic.twitter.com/0hPRTCvzTW
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) June 28, 2019
According to The Kansas City Star, Lindsey was found dead on the porch of an abandoned house in Kansas City, Missouri, this Tuesday, June 25, with obvious signs of trauma to the face. Neighbors reported hearing verbal arguments and gunshots shortly before her death.
Her cause of death has not yet been determined, but authorities are investigating the incident as a homicide.
RIP Brooklyn Lindsey of Kansas City, MO The 11th trans person (all Black) that we've lost to anti-trans violence #StopKillingUs #BlackTransLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/umg1PVbdRN
— Monica Roberts (@TransGriot) June 26, 2019
Lindsey is one of at least 11 transgender Americans who have lost their lives to anti-transgender violence in 2019. This month alone, at least three other trans women in the U.S.—Zoe Spears of Washington, D.C.; Chanel Scurlock of Lumberton, North Carolina; and Chynal Lindsey of Dallas, Texas—were killed.
.@HRC mourns the loss of Brooklyn Lindsey, a Black trans woman killed in Kansas City, Missouri, on Tuesday.
This epidemic of violence that disproportionately impacts Black transgender women must cease. #SayHerName https://t.co/GybEQ3x8zt
— Human Rights Campaign (@HRC) June 26, 2019
As evidenced in 2019 and previous years, the majority of victims affected by anti-transgender violence are black trans women.
Anyone with information regarding Lindsey’s death is asked to call Kansas City’s TIPS Hotline at 816-474-TIPS (8477).