Two trans women brutally killed as anti-trans hate surges in US
Sophie Vásquez, a 36-year-old Latina transgender woman, was fatally shot in her Brookhaven, Atlanta apartment last week.
Police found her body neglected in the doorway of an apartment in the 400 building at Atlantic Brookhaven. Vásquez was not a recorded resident, according to Project Q.
Brookhaven Police Department later confirmed Vásquez was murdered in Gwinnett County in the early morning.
The 36-year-old was misgendered and deadnamed in the police report for the case.
“Through communications with the Community Estrella and the Brookhaven Police Department, I confirmed reports that a Latina transgender woman, Sophie Vasquez, was murdered in Gwinnett County on the morning of May 4,” Darlene Darlington Wagner, the President at Transgender Day of Remembrance Atlanta shared on Facebook.
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Sophie Vasquez was shot and killed inside a Brookhaven apartment on May 4. (Images courtesy Facebook profile)
UPDATE | The story was updated to reflect the latest details on a vigil planned for May 12 and where Vasquez lived.
A 36-year-old Latina transgender woman was shot and killed in a Brookhaven apartment and became at least the second trans woman killed in metro Atlanta this year.
Sophie Vasquez was shot at least once, and police found her body in the doorway of an apartment in the 400 building at Atlantic Brookhaven on May 4. The apartment complex on Windmont Drive is near Clairmont Road just south of its intersection with Buford Highway.