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Black Trans Woman Shot In The Head
For the second time this month, a black transgender woman has been killed.
Authorities in Montgomery Village, Maryland, are investigating the killing of Zella Ziona as a hate crime, according to NBC Washington.
“We are not ruling out the possibility that this could be hate-based,” Montgomery County police spokesman Capt. Paul Starks told the station.
The 21-year-old victim was found in an alley Thursday night after being shot in the head. She was taken to the hospital, where she later died.
A witness to the killing told WJLA he heard four to five gunshots following an argument between Ziona and a group of teenagers.
“They argued and things happened so fast,” the witness, who didn’t want to be named, told the station. “I don’t know what they argued for.”
Ziona is one of at least 21 transgender women who have been killed in the U.S. this year, according to The Advocate. The actual number may be much higher, as family members of a victim may not report to police or media that the individual was trans. At least 17 of the 21 victims this year, including Ziona, were women of color.
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Don’t ignore this!
The amount of trans people of color who get killed increases drastically everyday. This just shouldn’t happen! It’s obviously always a hate crime because these people literally do nothing bad to anyone.
Other than that, I would really like for the relatives of the victims to actually call the police if this happens. If we don’t hear about this enough, the number of murders will just continue to rise and it needs to be changed!
