Another day, another tranny dead

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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.

Black Trans Woman Fatally Shot In Head In Suspected Hate Crime

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Zella Ziona aka DeAndre Smith

The killing of a 21-year-old transgender female in Montgomery County this week stemmed from a simmering dispute with the suspect, who recently felt “embarrassed” after the victim approached him in a shopping mall in front of his friends, according to police charging papers filed in court Saturday.

Rico Hector LeBlond, 20, appears to have plotted his attack, police alleged, by donning a monster mask over half of his face, hiding behind a dumpster and shooting the victim – Zella Ziona, who also was known by the name DeAndre Smith.

After Ziona was hit, “the suspect walked over to her, stood over her and fired more rounds into her body,” detectives wrote. The victim “suffered gunshot wounds to the head and groin area,” they said.

According to the charging papers, LeBlond and Ziona had a friendship, and LeBlond was “very upset” when people found out, detectives wrote.

Tension grew when LeBlond was recently at Lakeforest Mall and Ziona approached him and began “acting flamboyantly,” according to the police charging papers. Detectives wrote that LeBlond was “greatly embarrassed” by the interaction, which occurred while he was with members of “his crew.”
 
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Black men are disproportionately responsible for the deaths of Black transgender women, it'd be silly to not to suspect a Black man is responsible, doesn't mean I'm right but statistically it's the safest bet.

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Maybe he was killed because he raped some man by deception :jbhmm::sas1:
 
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