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Arrest Made in Attack on L.A. Transgender Woman

Arrest Made in Attack on L.A. Transgender Woman

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Police are seeking three more suspects in the beating of Vivian Diego.

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Los Angeles police have arrested one suspect in the beating of a transgender woman in Hollywood May 31, TV station KTLA reports.

Nicol Shakhnazaryan, 21, of Los Angeles, was arrested Thursday on a charge of felony battery in the attack on Vivian Diego, who was beaten and kicked by four men about 2:15 a.m. as she walked to a subway station after ending her shift as a barista at Beso restaurant. She sustained major injuries to her face, head, and ribs. Shakhnazaryan remained in custody today.

Police are seeking the additional suspects with help from the FBI and are investigating the attack as a hate crime.

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Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.
Trudy Ring is The Advocate’s senior politics editor and copy chief. She has been a reporter and editor for daily newspapers and LGBTQ+ weeklies/monthlies, trade magazines, and reference books. She is a political junkie who thinks even the wonkiest details are fascinating, and she always loves to see political candidates who are groundbreaking in some way. She enjoys writing about other topics as well, including religion (she’s interested in what people believe and why), literature, theater, and film. Trudy is a proud “old movie weirdo” and loves the Hollywood films of the 1930s and ’40s above all others. Other interests include classic rock music (Bruce Springsteen rules!) and history. Oh, and she was a Jeopardy! contestant back in 1998 and won two games. Not up there with Amy Schneider, but Trudy still takes pride in this achievement.