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Police Seek Suspect Identified In A Viral Hate Crime Caught On Social Media Against 3 Transgender Women In Hollywood

<p class&equals;"p1">Roommates&comma; police are seeking the help of the public with locating a suspect that was allegedly involved in a <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;bubba-wallace-responds-after-the-fbi-says-he-was-not-a-victim-of-a-hate-crime&sol;">hate crime<&sol;a> against 3 transgender women in Hollywood&period; All 3 women sat with <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;abc7&period;com&sol;hollywood-transgender-women-attacked-video&sol;6377327&sol;">ABC Los Angeles<&sol;a> to detail their horrific experience&period; According to the ladies&comma; the suspect allegedly approached the women around 2&colon;15AM on Monday with a metal crowbar and demanded that one of the women remove her shoes and bracelet&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Eden Estrada&comma; Joslyn Allen and Jaslene Busanet were waiting for their Uber when the suspect in question offered to buy them items from a clothing store&period; Apparently when he refused to pay and the women left&comma; he allegedly became upset and began harassing the women until things took a violent turn&period; Josyln took to Instagram to share video of the horrific crime captured on video&period; In the video&comma; you can clearly see the suspect with a crowbar as he yells at Joslyn and kicks her shoes away from her&period; See the video below&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CEBU8i5JeCZ" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to police&comma; witnesses said he then allegedly assaulted the second victim with a bottle&comma; ultimately knocking her to the ground&period; All three women have come forward to seek help in locating the suspect&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CEFhzWpB2Ry" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">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&period;The suspect is described to be a Black male&comma; around 25-years-old&comma; 6 feet tall and weighing about 180 lbs&period; If you know of any information&comma; please contact LAPD’s Hollywood station&period; We encourage anyone with information about what took place to come forward and help police&period; As always&comma; we stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ&plus; community&excl; Hoping these ladies can find justice and heal from this horrible experience&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p class&equals;"p1">Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom"><span class&equals;"s1">click here to join&excl;<&sol;span><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"63798" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;seek-suspect-identified-in-a-viral-hate-crime-on-social-media-against-3-transgender-women-in-hollywood&sol;" data-secure&equals;"460cd1126b"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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