'Just Tell Her To Calm Down': Police Shoot Trans Woman Who Called 911 For Help

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'Just Tell Her To Calm Down': Police Shoot Trans Woman Who Called 911 For Help

The incident has "chilling connotations" for survivors of sexual violence, a nonprofit director who had worked with the woman told the Los Angeles Times.

By Pocharapon Neammanee
Mar 12, 2025, 06:26 PM EDT

A trans woman who called 911 for help last month, saying she was kidnapped, has died from the gunshot wound she sustained from a responding Los Angeles police officer.

Linda Becerra Moran, 30, who the Los Angeles Times reported was possibly a victim of sex trafficking, called authorities on the morning of Feb. 7 and said she was being held at a motel by a man in a different room.

In a video announcement on Sunday, the Los Angeles Police Department released a portion of the 911 call from Becerra Moran. In it, she can be heard telling the operator in a distressed voice that her captor was bringing other men into the room. Police body camera footage shows officers arriving at the motel room, where Becerra Moran tells them she was hit in the head multiple times with a bottle.

In the video, police check her head for wounds, asking her about her mental state and why dispatchers told officers that she wanted to harm herself. The officers speak in a terse tone and sometimes interrupt her as she appears to grow increasingly upset.

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