A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder in three recent killings in Dallas, including the fatal shooting of a transgender woman, the Dallas Police Department announced on Wednesday.

The man, Kendrell Lavar Lyles, was charged in the death of Muhlaysia Booker, 23, a transgender woman who was found dead on May 18, Maj. Max Geron said at a news conference. Mr. Lyles was also charged in the shooting death of a woman killed on May 22 and the drug-related killing of a man on May 23, Major Geron said. The police did not release those victims’ names.

Mr. Lyles was arrested on June 5 in connection with the death of the unnamed female victim, and the police later tied him to the other killings. The Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday evening.

The arrest came as a string of violent actions against transgender women in the area has frightened the transgender community. Last week, the Police Department said it was investigating four unsolved murders of black transgender women. There were two from 2019 — Ms. Booker and Chynal Lindsey, 26 — one in 2018 and another in 2015.