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

A distraught trans sex worker was shot by police at a San Fernando Valley motel last month after she called 911 for help, claiming she had been kidnapped. The incident was captured on officers’ body-worn video released Sunday by the Los Angeles Police Department.

A trans woman, Linda Becerra Moran, who called the police for help after claiming she had been kidnapped, was shot dead by officers, video footage released by the Los Angeles Police Department appears to show.