Police requested the public’s help Sunday in locating three young males suspected of assaulting a 61-year-old transgender woman multiple times at her business in the Westlake District of Los Angeles in what they’re calling a series of hate crimes.

The first alleged crime took place April 8, when a suspect entered the victim’s store, flirted with her, and later punched her to the ground after she rejected his advances, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.

The suspect later discovered the victim was a transgender woman and sexually assaulted her before he pulled away and threatened to kill her, police said.

The same suspect allegedly returned to the location multiple times with additional suspects and committed hate crimes against the victim, which involved one of the suspects

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