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Iris Santos

Age 22

23 Apr 2021
Houston, Texas (USA)
Shot

TDoR list ref: tgeu/23-Apr-2021/Iris Santos

Iris Santos
Iris Santos [photo: www.facebook.com]

Iris was shot while sitting outside a Chick-Fil-A restaurant at around 9:30pm on Friday 23rd April. She died in hospital.

CCTV footage showed a suspect running from the scene.

Iris Santos was shot and killed at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Friday, April 23, in the 8600 block on Westheimer Road, according to a Twitter post by Officer Jo Jones, HPD’s LGBTQ Liason. Office Jones later posted video of the suspect running from the scene.

The shooting took place around 9:45 p.m. Friday, April 23, 2021 outside of a Chick-Fil-A on Westheimer Road near Fondren in west Houston, police said.

Investigators said the manager at the restaurant heard gunshots and alerted authorities. When officers arrived, they found a woman on the ground suffering from a gunshot wound.

The victim was rushed to a hospital, where she later died. Police said they are questioning a person of interest.

According to OutSmart an online flyer created by HPD states that Santos was sitting at a picnic table when an unknown suspect approached and opened fire, striking her. Santos died as a result of the gunshot injuries sustained during the shooting.

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/crime/article/iris-santos-houston-chick-fil-a-unsolved-murder-17725672.php

https://www.univision.com/local/houston-kxln/asesinato-transgenero-iris-santos-investigacion-houston

https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2023/01/18/family-of-transgender-woman-makes-public-plea-2-years-after-her-murder-in-west-houston/

https://unsolved.com/event-posts/help-find-a-killer-do-you-know-who-murdered-iris-santos/

https://www.telemundohouston.com/videos/videos-destacados/ofrecen-recompensa-en-caso-de-homicidio-de-hispana-transgenero/2303306/ https://www.metroweekly.com/2021/05/houston-police-release-surveillance-video-in-search-for-transgender-womans-killer/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/trans-woman-sitting-outside-gunned-open-murder-suspect-loose/

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/05/02/iris-santos-natalia-smut-lopez-trans-women-killed-usa-2021/

https://planettransgender.com/trans-woman-iris-santos-murdered-in-houston/

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/05/trans-woman-sitting-outside-gunned-open-murder-suspect-loose/

https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2021/04/trans-woman-murdered-in-houston-2/

https://www.pghlesbian.com/2021/05/22-year-old-latinx-trans-woman-iris-santos-killed-in-houston-chick-fil-a-parking-lot/

https://www.facebook.com/MarshasPlate/posts/4397403103627587

https://www.facebook.com/edentorres1504/posts/2891558494415434

https://www.facebook.com/theofficialdeedee/posts/4006987572657103

https://www.facebook.com/brandon.d.mack/posts/10158094948202776

https://www.facebook.com/tghelp/posts/4584429344918655

https://twitter.com/HPDLGBTQLIAISON/status/1388250838104162306

https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/1385794935048204292

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AepYzo4QXR8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdr4kBYEy9E

Report added: 1 May 2021. Last updated: 6 Mar 2023

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