Man Arrested In Slaying Of Transgender Woman In Philadelphia: Report

One man has been arrested in connection to the brutal killing of Keisha Jenkins, a transgender woman, according to CBS 3.

Pedro Redding, 23, was taken into custody on Sunday, according to the report.

Police are still seeking at least three others, they said.

Civil rights communities across the nation are in uproar after Jekins was assaulted by several men and killed in Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.

Jenkins, 22, was walking along the 1300 block of Wingohocking and Logan in North Philly at about 2:30 a.m., police said, when she was set upon by her attackers.

She suffered from gunshots wounds to her back, and by the time she arrived at Einstein Hospital at 2:53 a.m. she was pronounced dead.

The wounds to her back have led some media outlets and civil rights groups to claim she was killed “execution style.”

Police said that they do not know if the murder was a hate crime and that the investigation is ongoing.

There is a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction. Anyone with information is asked to please contact the Philadelphia Police Homicide Unit at 215-686-3334.