A fight at Silver Springs Park on Monday evening drew a large crowd of spectators including Bree Holloman who said she went only to observe from the sidelines. "I feel like I shouldn't have even shown up, but at the same time, I didn't want to fight and why would they fight me?" she questioned.

As Holloman watched various people brawling, a man punched her in the face.

Reeling from the blow, Holloman jumped up and bolted. Another man, though, caught up with her and dragged her across a road before he started beating her. The entire ordeal was caught on camera and posted on Facebook.

Holloman said they singled her out because she's transgender.

"They want to beat me up because it's like very hard for them to fathom that I am a woman, but they still think I'm a man," Holloman said.

This violent act was the second time in a year Holloman said she was beaten up because of her gender identity.

After Monday's incident, she landed in the hospital with a swollen black eye and scraped knees and an elbow. Aside from her physical injuries, Holloman said she suffered emotional ones as well.

"I'm tired of feeling like I can't be who I am and walk around," she explained. "I really don't feel safe in Springfield. I don't feel safe here. I"m trying to move away."

A Springfield Police Department spokesperson said it's too early in the investigation to determine if gender identity was a factor. However, if that comes up during the course of the investigation, police will pass that information along to the prosecutor.