Trans Volunteer Killed in Mass Stabbing at San Jose Homeless Shelter
Kimberly Susan Fial originally came to the Grace Baptist Church shelter as a client and quickly became a valued volunteer. December 11 2020 2:59 PM EST
A victim of a November mass stabbing at a homeless shelter in San Jose, Calif., has been identified as Kimberly Susan Fial, a transgender woman who volunteered there.
Fial, 55, was one of five people stabbed in the November 22 attack at Grace Baptist Church,
The Mercury News reports. She and one other person died. The report of her death means that at least 41 trans people have died by violence in the U.S. in 2020, the most in any year since media and activists began tracking these deaths.
Trans woman Kimberley Fial was stabbed at the homeless shelter where she volunteered (Facebook)
A 55-year-old trans woman is among two people killed in a horrifying stabbing attack at a Christian homeless shelter in San Jose, California.
Kimberly Fial was murdered with a chef’s knife by Fernando Jesus Lopez, 32, on 29 November in the Grace Baptist Church shelter where she volunteered.
One adult male was already dead when police arrived at the scene, but Fial was still alive along with a further three victims who also suffered stab wounds. She was rushed to a local hospital where she tragically succumbed to her injuries.