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LOS ANGELES - Authorities have arrested two suspects in connection with the robbery and assault of two transgender women, including a YouTube performer, who were attacked in Hollywood.
Carlton Callway, 29, and Willie Walker, 42, were both arrested in connection with the attack, which is being classified as a hate crime. A third suspect, Davion Williams, 22, remained at large Thursday evening.
Police say it’s unclear if all three suspects knew each other.
According to police, the suspects approached the women around 2:15 a.m. Monday and offered to buy them merchandise at a store in the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near Wilcox Avenue. He then refused to pay and the women left, police said.
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The suspects approached them again with a metal bar and demanded one of the women's shoes and bracelet, police said. She complied out of fear, and the suspect grabbed her hand and forced her to walk a short distance with him before she could escape.
He then assaulted the second victim with a bottle, knocking her to the ground, according to police.
The victim's told police that the man took their phones, wallets and purses.
“I was hearing these Black men chant ‘Black Lives Matter, Black Lives Matter,’ so I just didn’t understand why I wasn’t treated as another Black person everyone wants to defend,” stated victim Jaslene Busanet.
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"Both victims are transgender women, and the suspect made derogatory remarks about their status during the crime," police said.
“To see this level of violence celebrated gleefully so much so that the perpetrator posted it on social media is like a sucker punch to all of us who believe in civilized behavior and humane treatment of one another,” said LA City Councilman Mitch O’Farrell.
Police say a crowd appeared to encourage and cheer on the victims.
“I also know how privileged I am that I have an audience because if I didn’t have the audience that I have now, this would have been swept under the rug and no one would have cared,” said victim Eden Estrada.
Anyone with information about the suspect was urged to call the LAPD's Hollywood Station at 213-972-2971.