Vanity Williams
Age 343 Aug 2024
Houston, Texas (USA)
Shot
Vanity was found with gunshot wounds by police who were called to an apartment lobby following reports of a shooting. She died at the scene.
Tristian Sanders, 26, was arrested on suspicion of murder.
A 34-year-old Black transgender woman named Vanity Williams was killed in Houston on August 3, 2024. Her death came to our attention through HRC.
Vanity was found shot to death in a Houston apartment. From the Houston Police Department
"HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting call at the apartment complex at the above address and found an unresponsive female with gunshot wounds. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and pronounced the female, later identified as Ms. Williams, deceased."
Several days later, the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office in Louisiana arrested the suspect in Vanity’s murder. Tristian Sanders, 26, was arrested after he was found at a home in the 600 Block of Lac Verret Drive in Luling. Sanders is in Louisiana custody awaiting extradition to Texas.
Vanity was an Air Force veteran who had recently started at nursing school. She was fluent in Spanish and Japanese, enjoyed a wide range of music and movies and was a fan of makeup, nail art, and fashion.
Rest in power, Vanity. You brought so much good and healing to this world, surrounding yourself with good friends and beautiful things while you served our country and pursued your aspirations. Thank you for the legacy you indelibly left in Houston and beyond. I hope the capture of the person who stole your life helps you rest knowing he cannot hurt another.
May your memory be a revolution.
https://gunmemorial.org/2024/08/02/vanity-williams
https://www.gofundme.com/f/h55y5s-vanity
