Trans woman starring in award-winning documentary fatally shot in Atlanta

Rasheeda Williams, who performed as Koko Da Doll, killed in third fatal shooting of trans woman in the city this year

Rasheeda Williams, an Atlanta-based transgender woman who features in a forthcoming documentary that highlights the stories of four Black transgender sex workers in New York City and Georgia, was fatally shot in this week, the film's publicist said on Friday.

Williams, 35, who performed under the name Koko Da Doll, was killed on Tuesday evening at a shopping center in the south-west of the city. It was the third fatal shooting of a transgender woman in the city since the beginning of the year, Atlanta police said in a statement.