Meraxes Medina, a 24 year old Trans Latina, Killed in Los Angeles. LAPD is Concerned About Multiple Shootings. — Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents

The Crime

On March 20, 2024, the body of a Latina trans woman was dumped on a Los Angeles street where she was found by Los Angeles police officers. The cause of her death was a gunshot wound to her head. Her name was Meraxes Medina.

Note that some of the original reporting misgenders Meraxes and refers to by her assigned name.

According to the Los Angeles Blade:

A trans woman believed to be in her early 20s was murdered in the early morning of March 21 near the corner of West 70thand Figueroa Streets, the latest in what appear to be a string of slayings of sex workers in the area. The LAPD are still looking for information and have not yet made any arrests. The LAPD responded to a call around 4:20 am and found the victim suffering a gunshot wound to the back of the head. She was taken to a hospital where she was pronounced dead.

Finally, according to the GoFundMe set up by family, “a car was seen fleeing the area and surveillance camera video from a sports bar across the street, captured a light-colored sedan, with its lights off next to the parking lot of a high school.” A figure emerged from…