Roommates, police are seeking the help of the public with locating a suspect that was allegedly involved in a hate crime against 3 transgender women in Hollywood. All 3 women sat with ABC Los Angeles to detail their horrific experience. According to the ladies, the suspect allegedly approached the women around 2:15AM on Monday with a metal crowbar and demanded that one of the women remove her shoes and bracelet.
Eden Estrada, Joslyn Allen and Jaslene Busanet were waiting for their Uber when the suspect in question offered to buy them items from a clothing store. Apparently when he refused to pay and the women left, he allegedly became upset and began harassing the women until things took a violent turn. Josyln took to Instagram to share video of the horrific crime captured on video. In the video, you can clearly see the suspect with a crowbar as he yells at Joslyn and kicks her shoes away from her. See the video below:
https://www.instagram.com/p/CEBU8i5JeCZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
According to police, witnesses said he then allegedly assaulted the second victim with a bottle, ultimately knocking her to the ground. All three women have come forward to seek help in locating the suspect.
The scariest moment about the entire encounter is bystanders watched the crime unfold and pulled their phones out to capture everything while the women reportedly kept asking for help.The suspect is described to be a Black male, around 25-years-old, 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 lbs. If you know of any information, please contact LAPD’s Hollywood station. We encourage anyone with information about what took place to come forward and help police. As always, we stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community! Hoping these ladies can find justice and heal from this horrible experience.
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