Transgender Woman Assaulted, Killed By 5 Men In Philadelphia: Report

Civil rights communities across the nation are in uproar after a transgender woman was assaulted by at least five men and killed in Philadelphia early Tuesday morning.

Keisha 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.