On a February evening in Monroe, Louisiana, the life of a young woman was tragically cut short. Jaquarrius Holland, an 18-year-old Black transgender woman, was shot and killed on February 19, 2017. The incident occurred around 8:00 PM on Grammont Street, where officers responded to a report of a shooting. Upon their arrival, they discovered Holland with a single gunshot wound.
She was transported to a local hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
The investigation into Holland's death quickly identified a suspect. According to police, her death followed a verbal altercation. Authorities issued a warrant for the arrest of a man named Malcolm Derricktavios Harvey, also referred to as Malcolm Harvey, on a charge of second-degree murder. In the days following the shooting, police announced that they were actively searching for Harvey, who had fled the scene before law enforcement arrived.
Friends remembered Jaquarrius Holland as a vibrant individual who also went by the name Jaquarrius Brown and used the hashtag #PrettyBrown. Her death was noted as one of several homicides of transgender women of color in the United States in the early months of 2017. Despite the issuance of an arrest warrant for Malcolm Harvey, there have been no publicly available updates regarding his apprehension or the current status of the homicide investigation.
