<p>Authorities said a transgender woman was fatally shot Wednesday in southwest Puerto Rico, the sixth such killing this year.</p>.<p>The unidentified victim was found along an isolated road near a farm in the town of San German, according to officials, who said they were investigating whether it was a hate crime.</p>.<p>A police officer who was not authorized to talk to the media told The Associated Press that the victim had apparently worked as a bartender and was studying nursing and was shot several times in the head.</p>.<p>Human rights activist Pedro Julio Serrano condemned the killing and said trans people in the US territory are being hunted.</p>.<p>“Enough of so much hate,” he said in a statement. “Trans people are as human as everyone else and deserve to live in peace, equality and freedom.”</p>.<p>The bodies of two transgender women were found inside a charred car in southeast Puerto Rico in April. The FBI took over the investigation after two men were arrested in that case. Also that month, a transgender woman was killed in prison.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a 19-year-old transsexual man was shot in the western town of Moca in March and a person identified as Neulisa Luciano Ruiz was found dead in the northern town of Toa Baja in February.</p>.<p>Ruiz's body was found after a video posted on social media showed at least two men mocking and threatening a person believed to be the victim, followed by gunfire. </p>
<p>Authorities said a transgender woman was fatally shot Wednesday in southwest Puerto Rico, the sixth such killing this year.</p>.<p>The unidentified victim was found along an isolated road near a farm in the town of San German, according to officials, who said they were investigating whether it was a hate crime.</p>.<p>A police officer who was not authorized to talk to the media told The Associated Press that the victim had apparently worked as a bartender and was studying nursing and was shot several times in the head.</p>.<p>Human rights activist Pedro Julio Serrano condemned the killing and said trans people in the US territory are being hunted.</p>.<p>“Enough of so much hate,” he said in a statement. “Trans people are as human as everyone else and deserve to live in peace, equality and freedom.”</p>.<p>The bodies of two transgender women were found inside a charred car in southeast Puerto Rico in April. The FBI took over the investigation after two men were arrested in that case. Also that month, a transgender woman was killed in prison.</p>.<p>Meanwhile, a 19-year-old transsexual man was shot in the western town of Moca in March and a person identified as Neulisa Luciano Ruiz was found dead in the northern town of Toa Baja in February.</p>.<p>Ruiz's body was found after a video posted on social media showed at least two men mocking and threatening a person believed to be the victim, followed by gunfire. </p>