Muhlaysia Booker was a 22-year-old African-American transgender woman from Dallas who died of a gunshot wound on May 18, 2019. Her death followed a widely shared assault on April 12, 2019, after an incident at the Royal Crest Apartments where Booker accidentally backed into another car. A crowd gathered, and Edward Thomas was reportedly offered $200 to assault Booker; the attack was filmed and circulated online. Booker suffered a concussion and a fractured wrist in that earlier attack, which city officials described as mob violence.

Thomas was charged with aggravated assault and held without bond; records show he was later convicted of a lesser misdemeanor assault charge and given jail time. On the morning of May 18, Booker was found dead near Tenison Park Golf Course. Police arrested 34-year-old Kendrell Lyles and said phone records put him in the area and linked him to Booker. The case drew attention to violence against transgender people and prompted family and community calls for justice.

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