Late Sunday in Houston midtown, a few blocks from bars and restaurants, Shante Thompson and Willie Sims were shot to death. Police say they may have been beaten with a crowbar before the shooting transpired.
Witnesses say a group of up eight people armed with several weapons swarmed a transgender woman and a man out in the street.
It really hurts me. I have always looked for Shante. I was always been there for her. When I got the call and saw her laying on the ground it really hurt my heart.
--Kevin Braxton, friend of Ms. Thompson
The thirty-five year-old Shante was a transgender woman. Police say they have no motive in the murders.
Shante's mother says Shante was having trouble with a group of guys in the neighborhood who had been picking on her.
I know ya’ll watching and looking. My son is dead and ya’ll are still here. You didn’t have to kill my son.
--Leola Thompson
Ms. Thompson is the eighth transgender woman murdered so far this year.