LOS ANGELES (CNS) - A third suspect was sought today in connection with the alleged robbery and assault hate crime against YouTube performer Eden the Doll and two other transgender social media influencers in Hollywood.
Davion Williams was wanted for questioning by police and anyone with information on his whereabouts was asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department at 213-972-2934.
Police arrested suspects Carlton Callway, 29, on Thursday and Willie Walker, 42, on Wednesday in relation to the robbery and hate crime, the department said.
Eden Estrada, whose online persona is Eden the Doll, was waiting for an Uber with Joslyn Flawless and Jaslene Whiterose about 2:15 a.m. Monday when Callway approached them, according to the victims' social media posts and the LAPD. He offered to buy them merchandise at a store in the 6500 block of Hollywood Boulevard, near Wilcox Avenue, but refused to pay and the women left, police said.
He approached them again with a metal bar and demanded one of the women's shoes and bracelet. 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, police said.
He then assaulted a second victim with a bottle, knocking her to the ground, according to police.
“He held a crow bar to my face and threatened to kill me unless I stripped my shoes off and gave him my jewelry and all my (possessions),'' Joslyn Flawless wrote on Instagram.
“He said if I was trans, he would kill me. He then forced me to hold his hand while he looks for my friends to kill them for being trans.''
The victims said the man took their phones, wallets and purses.
“It was absolutely the worst day of my life,'' Estrada told CBS2, adding she believes it was a targeted attack.
“My friend completely collapsed,'' Estrada said. “I'm not a doctor. I don't know if she's breathing. I'm trying my hardest to help her. I'm begging people for help. I'm screaming for help.''
Estrada wrote on social media that bystanders walked past the victims and did not stop to help, and some witnesses are seen on video laughing at the women.
“To see this level of violence celebrated gleefully, so much so the perpetrator himself posted it on social media, it's like a sucker punch to all of us who believe in civilized behavior,'' Los Angeles Councilman Mitch O'Farrell said during a news conference Thursday.
A video on social media also shows an LAPD vehicle driving by and not stopping.
Members of the public asked LAPD officials during Tuesday's Los Angeles Police Commission virtual meeting why an officer drove by without stopping, according to the Los Angeles Times.
Chief Michel Moore told the commission the incident and the department's response was being reviewed.
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