A member of MS-13 was charged this week with assaulting a transgender woman Thursday in MacArthur Park, the latest in a string of attacks allegedly committed by the gang against members of the LGBTQ community in the area, prosecutors said. Gabriel Orellana, 19, was charged with one count of battery likely to produce great bodily injury in connection with the attack, according to Deputy Dist. It was at least the fourth time a member of the gang had been linked to violence against a transgender woman in the park since August 2020. Last year, prosecutors filed three counts of attempted murder against MS-13 member Donoban Fonseca, who is accused of stabbing two transgender women in separate incidents between August and October. AdvertisementLAPD officials have in recent weeks expressed concern about violence against transgender women in MacArthur Park.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 30, 2021 23:29 UTC