AVP has learned of reports that a transgender woman was sexually assaulted at gunpoint by at least three people in Midtown Manhattan yesterday. The suspects fled after the assault, police said. The woman treated for bruises and abrasions at Roosevelt Hospital. The NYPD has released surveillance images of three suspects. This incident is currently being investigated by the NYPD and by the NYPD's Hate Crimes Task Force; however, at this time it is unclear whether the attack was bias-motivated.

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