Hollywood Killer Targeting Transgendered Women

[Lover]

Police today said the man who shot and killed a transgender woman on a Hollywood street may have been the same man who held up and shot at another transgender woman in West Hollywood about 40 minutes later, City News Service reported today.

Hollywood homicide detectives today released an artist's rendering of the man seen robbing the woman in Plummer Park just minutes after Nathan Henry Vickers was shot and killed at a gritty Hollywood corner notorious for street prostitution.

Vickers, 32, preferred to be called Cassidy Nathan Vickers. She was found just before 10 p.m. Thursday near Lexington Avenue and Gower Street, said LAPD Officer Cleon Joseph, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Detectives believe the victim, who frequented areas known for street prostitution, was standing in the area when the suspect walked up and shot her, Joseph said. The suspect fled on foot.

Another black transgender woman was the victim of an attempted robbery about a mile away, in Plummer Park in West Hollywood, around 10:45 p.m. Thursday, said Sgt. Chris Tatar of the sheriff's West Hollywood station.

Tatar said the victim was walking inside the park when she was approached by a suspect who demanded her purse. She refused and he fired one round with a black small caliber semi-automatic handgun before fleeing the scene.

According to Los Angeles police, the Hollywood murder suspect is black with medium complexion and light facial hair. He is in his late-20s and stands between 5 feet-9 inches and 5 feet-10 inches tall.

The man has skin tags around his eyes and matted hair covered by a knit cap with a one- to two-inch wide bill. He may be a transient and riding a bicycle. The suspect is believed to be armed and dangerous.

Tatar also described the West Hollywood suspect as a black male -- but 40 years old -- with a 5-foot, 8-inch build weighing 240 pounds. He was last seen wearing a black ``some type of baseball hat" and all-black clothing, he said.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/lo...134182523.html

[CORVETTEDUDE]

Stay together and stay armed, ladies. Be careful out there!!!

[FreddieGomez]

more negativity for black males.

[TSMichelleAustin]

Thank god I am out on tour! So sad!!!

[Pirate]

How ironic the day before a march at the park against violence to TG girls. Street justice for this thug!!

[Dino Velvet]

If you ladies get ahold of this character drag him out to the woods for a couple weeks instead of calling the cops. They'll find him by following the trail of the buzzards flying over him.

[Lover]

I've looked for updates on this case, and the most recent report I've found is from December 16, 2011, that mentions "The man suspected of killing Vickers is also suspected of shooting at a transgender black woman a half-hour later in Pullman Park in West Hollywood. No one has been arrested in the Vickers case."

The story is here: http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lano...ood-vigil.html

[Nicole Dupre]

Natina.

[onmyknees]

more negativity for black males.

LOL..yea a little bit of negaivity for black males on bicycles, but a matter of life and death if you're a black TS in West Hollywood.