Police are still on the hunt for the suspects, although they say it's too soon to determine whether or not the incident was a hate crime or possible robbery.
"Kiesha was shot in the back around 2:30 am in North Philadelphia," a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia Police Department confirmed. "She was known to the LGBTQ community as a transgender individual," the spokeswoman said.
Police are treating the case as a homicide - not a hate crime - though that could change as the investigation continues, she added.
According to Huffington Post, at least 18 other transgender women have reportedly been killed in the US this year -- and at least 16 of those victims, including Jenkins, were women of colour.
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Photos: Black transgender woman attacked & shot dead by a group of men in Philadelphia
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