Police: transgender woman fatally stabbed

February 03, 2012 -- 1:42 PM
Fri, 2012-02-03 13:42

Police are investigating the fatal stabbing of a transgender woman in northeast Washington.

Police say an officer was flagged down at around 8:15 p.m. Thursday and directed to a bus stop in the 4900 block of East Capitol Street where the woman was unconscious and suffering from a stab wound. The woman, 23-year-old JaParker Jones of Washington, was transported to a hospital where she was later pronounced dead.

Police are providing a reward of up to $25,000 to anyone that provides information leading to an arrest and conviction in the case.