Yahhira Nesby, a 33-year-old Black transgender woman, was tragically killed on December 19, 2019, in Brooklyn, New York. Nesby was fatally shot in her Rockaway Parkway home in the Brownsville neighborhood. The incident occurred around 4:20 p.m., and she sustained gunshot wounds to her chest and leg. Nesby was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death marked at least the 25th known killing of a transgender or gender non-conforming person in the United States that year, highlighting the ongoing viol
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