A friend said they were gathered on a street corner when a man they did not recognise walked past. He returned 30 minutes later with a gun. "I feel it was a hate crime," her cousin Mariyah Phillips told the Sun-Times. "I want to start awareness [that] people are attacking that community. I want people to know that they are being attacked."
Following the tragic event, Mariyah Phillips emphasized the need for awareness and action regarding violence against the transgender community, stating it’s crucial for people to recognize these attacks.
Her friend Trevon Pope added: "She wanted to be loved and respected... that's how she was. That's one thing she didn't play about. She loved and respected people."
According to the Human Rights Campaign, Redd is the 26th known transgender or gender-non-conforming person to die in violent circumstances in the US so far this year.
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