Transgender Star of Sundance Documentary 'Kokomo City' Killed in Atlanta at 35

Rasheeda Williams, a trans woman featured in the award-winning documentary Kokomo City, was shot and killed in Atlanta. Williams, who went by the stage name Koko Da Doll, was a performing artist and one of the Black trans women featured in the film who struggled to move beyond a life of sex work. The Atlanta police are investigating the killing, and no further information has been released. The film's director and cast expressed shock and grief over Williams' death, which highlights the ongoing violence against Black transgender women.