murder of a transgender woman earlier this month.A’nee Roberson, 30, of Northwest D.C., was struck and killed by a vehicle around 4:20 a.m.
on Saturday, October 14, near the intersection of U and 9th Streets NW — just steps from several prominent D.C. nightclubs, including at least four bars serving the LGBTQ community.
Roberson was struck by the car after being assaulted and ended up in the roadway. It is unclear at this time what motivated the assailant to attack her.
She was transported to a local hospital, where she later died.The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner conducted an autopsy, ruling the cause of death to be multiple blunt force injuries and declaring the manner of death a homicide.MPD detectives are working to identify the suspects who assaulted Roberson.
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