Tiara Banks’ tragic death is the 16th violent death of a transgender or non-binary person to occur this year.
Banks was killed on April 21 in the West Pullman neighbourhood of Chicago on Wednesday, according to the Human Rights Campaign.
Tiara was attacked in her Ford Fusion when a shooter approached the vehicle and shot her multiple times. The 24-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
Howard Brown Health, a community-based LGBTQ+ health organisation based in Chicago, announced the news of Tiara’s death online.
The midwest health centre shared a heartfelt message in honour of Tiara and called for an end to the “epidemic of anti-trans violence”.
Tiara Banks, a Black transgender woman, has been shot to death aged 24.
Banks was killed in the West Pullman neighbourhood of Chicago on Wednesday (21 April), the Human Rights Campaign said. Her tragic death is at least the 16th known violent killing of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in the US this year.
According to a local news report, Banks was sitting alone in her Ford Fusion when the shooter approached the vehicle and fired at her multiple times. She was pronounced dead at the scene.
Chicago police are investigating whether Banks’s gender identity was a factor in her death, local TV station WGN said.