Ramiro Reyes-Hernandez, a 37-year-old Latino transgender woman known as Selena, was shot and killed in her Marquette Park home in Chicago on May 31, 2020. Prosecutors say an 18-year-old high school student, Orlando Perez, discovered Selena was transgender, became upset, shot her twice, left, then returned and shot her again in the back and head. Selena died at the scene from multiple gunshot wounds.

Perez was arrested shortly after the homicide and charged with first-degree murder. Court filings state he had no prior criminal record and had been working summer jobs at a local factory; prosecutors say he confessed and cited anger over Selena’s gender identity as his motive. The killing drew attention for its brutality and the role transphobia appears to have played.

Does anyone have additional information about Selena’s life in Marquette Park or about what happened that night?