Police Identify Suspect Killed by Police and Victim He was Stabbing in New Wilmington Last Thursday

(New Wilmington, Pa.) Pennsylvania State Police have identified the two people who died last Thursday died during an incident in New Wilmington. One of the victims was shot and killed by police.

State police said New Wilmington police officers responded to a home along South New Castle Street where they found 33-year-old Juan Hernandez of Campbell, Ohio, beating a woman with a blunt instrument. Officers told him to stop the attack, the suspect refused, and a New Wilmington Police Officer opened fire killing Hernandez.

The victim was 24-year-old Chyna Carrillo, a transgender woman, who recently moved to the area from Arizona to work as a certified nurse’s aid. Carrillo died from her injuries at the hospital.

Pa State Police are continuing their investigation to find out exactly what led to the deadly incident.