África Parrilla García ("Emma")
Age 252 Feb 2024
San Juan, Puerto Rico (USA)
Shot
TDoR list ref: tgeu/tdor2024/2-Feb-2024/África Parrilla García (""Emma"")
África was shot in the street.
The authorities are investigating whether the murder of a transgender woman recorded at dawn on Friday on calle Aurora in Santurce, constitutes the first hate crime of 2024, confirmed Idamaris Morales Laurido , director of the Homicide Division of the Criminal Investigation Corps (CIC) of the Police, to El Nuevo Día.
“The victim's parents have already been interviewed and we are waiting for them to go to the Institute of Forensic Sciences for identification,” said Morales Laurido, in a telephone interview, after describing the deceased as “a trans female.” Although he could not immediately specify whether this is the first hate crime reported so far this year, he assured that this angle is being investigated.
“The body had multiple gunshot wounds and several .40 caliber bullet casings were recovered at the scene,” he explained.
According to the initial report of the events, a call to the 9-1-1 Emergency System alerted the Police about a person lying on the pavement. When the agents arrived, they found the lifeless body of a person of approximately 25 years old, who had gunshot wounds in different parts of the body.
The deceased person was described as having a dark complexion, black hair, brown eyes, 5 feet 11 inches tall and weighing approximately 200 pounds. At the time of the events, he stated, he was wearing a gray shirt, long black jeans, black Adidas sports shoes, long black socks, and long black and white false nails.
https://www.advocate.com/crime/transgender-woman-killed-puerto-rico-garcia
https://www.pghlesbian.com/2024/04/trans-latina-africa-parrilla-garcia-was-killed-in-san-juan/
https://www.them.us/story/puerto-rican-trans-woman-killed-san-juan
