D.C. Police Release Photos of Suspects Who Attacked Trans Woman

According to The Washington Blade, “D.C. police on Friday released a crystal clear video showing four suspects they believe were among seven young men that attacked, assaulted, and robbed a transgender woman in two locations on or near the 3800 block of Minnesota Ave., N.E. about 3:20 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 2.”

The victim, Alicia Love Wood, told the Washington Blade she was first attacked by a group of seven young men who knocked her down and took her purse after calling her “tranny,” “he-she,” and “faggot” on a side street just off Minnesota Avenue. 

After getting up and running across Minnesota Avenue to a Citgo gas station seeking help, three of the suspects chased her into a small convenience store at the gas station where she pleaded with the cashier sitting inside an enclosed booth to let her in. She said the cashier declined to do so. 

“And they started to punch me and beat me up and they took my fanny pack and they took my phone and everything,” she told the Blade. Among the items in her fanny pack or belt bag was $300 in cash, according to a police report of the incident.

“The Metropolitan Police Department is investigating this offense as potentially being motivated by hate or bias,” the statement continues. It says the department’s Special Liaison Branch, which includes the police LGBT Liaison Unit, is assisting with the investigation.