The death of the man in women’s clothing in Columbia Heights has been ruled a homicide, according to the D.C. medical examiner.
Thirty-fiive-year-old Gaurav Gopalan, of D.C., was killed by a blunt impact head trauma that caused internal bleeding around the brain, according to a medical examiner spokeswoman Beverly Fields. The ruling was first reported by the City Paper.
Gopalan, of D.C., was was found unconcious and unresponsive at about 5:20 a.m. on Sept. 10, in the 2600 block of 11th Street NW. Police said he was wearing women’s clothing, makeup and high heels.
Gopalan, who earned a doctorate in areonautical engineering in India, is the second person who appeared to be transgender killed in D.C. since July. There have been at least three other shootings of transgender people in the past two months, including by a off-duty D.C. police officer.
Anyone with information about the case is asked to call D.C. police at (202) 727-9099.
