Man Charged In Shooting Death Of Zella Ziona Amid Year Of Increased Anti-Trans Violence

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Maryland county police have charged a local man with first-degree murder for the shooting death of a transgender woman.

 

Zella Ziona, 21 of Montgomery Village, was shot in the head in an alley behind a Gaithersburg Laundromat Thursday at approximately 5:50 p.m., The Guardian reports. A police statement notes that she was shot multiple times. Ziona was pronounced dead at the hospital hours later.

 

A witness told a D.C.-area ABC News affiliate that he saw a group of four of five teenagers surround Ziona. An argument reportedly ensued, and that’s when one of the young people reached for their gun and fired.

 

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