CNN(CNN) - Dallas police are treating the shooting of a transgender woman as a hate crime, saying the suspect in the attack shouted transphobic slurs before shooting the victim.
It is the latest in a string of attacks on Dallas' transgender community in recent years.
The shooting unfolded in the northwest part of the city, along a four-lane road populated with apartment complexes and businesses.
Though Dallas police say they're treating Friday's case as a hate crime, Texas is one of 13 states with hate crime laws that cover sexual orientation but not gender identity, according to the nonprofit think tank Movement Advancement Project.
State Rep. Garnet Coleman has been trying to add transgender protections to the state's hate crime law for more than a decade.