Keeva Battlerack Scatter was 34 and Black, and a transgender woman when she was fatally shot in Baton Rouge. Her body was found on October 15, 2021, about a block from her home. Initial media accounts misgendered and deadnamed her, delaying wider public awareness of her death.

Her killing was counted among a wave of fatal violence against transgender and gender non-conforming people that year, a pattern that disproportionately affected Black trans women and often involved firearms. The Baton Rouge Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for tips; despite those appeals, the case remains unsolved and there have been no public announcements of suspects or arrests.

If anyone has information about the shooting or saw activity near Keeva’s neighborhood on or around October 15, please contact the Baton Rouge Violent Crimes Unit or Crime Stoppers.