Dallas police have arrested and charged a 29-year-old man for allegedly shooting a transgender woman in what authorities call a hate crime.

The 35-year-old woman, who was shot in the arm and chest last week, is the latest victim in a series of brutal attacks, including fatal shootings, on transgender women in Dallas as far back as 2015.

Domingo Ramirez-Cayente, a Mexican citizen, is accused of yelling slurs about gay and transgender people before opening fire on the victim, who he had approached in his red pickup, the Dallas Morning News reports, quoting from an arrest affidavit. The newspaper reported she was taken to a hospital and underwent surgery.

Ramirez-Cayente was arrested after police used surveillance camera video to identify his vehicle. The suspect admitted to the attack, according to the affidavit.

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Other attacks in Dallas

In June, the body of Chynal Lindsey, 26, a transgender woman who appeared to be the victim of a homicide, was found in White Rock Lake, police said.

At the time, Dallas Major Vincent Weddington told reporters that his department was investigating at least four unsolved murders of black transgender women since July 2017.

Among them was Muhlaysia Booker, 22, who was found dead of gunshot wounds on a street in Far East Dallas in May. The woman had spoken at a transgender activists' rally in Dallas in April after she had been severely beaten.

Kendrell Lavar Lyles, 33, has since been charged with Booker's death.

A similar death was reported in 2018 and in 2015, according to Dallas police. In addition, the body of a transgender woman was found in a field in 2017 in what has been classified as an "unexplained death."

Contributing: Associated Press

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