Rasheeda Williams, 35, known by her stage name Koko Da Doll, was shot and killed in southwest Atlanta on the evening of April 18, 2023. Police found Williams unresponsive with an apparent gunshot wound near a shopping plaza; she was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death was reported as the third fatal shooting of a transgender woman in Atlanta that year.

Williams had recently appeared in the documentary Kokomo City and was remembered by friends and family as a vibrant, courageous woman who had been hopeful about opportunities from the film’s success. Investigators released surveillance images of a person of interest; tips followed and on April 26 a 17-year-old, Jermarcus Jernigan, turned himself in. He admitted being the person in the photos but denied shooting Williams. He was arrested and charged as an adult with murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. A witness said Williams argued with a man shortly before shots were heard, and surveillance footage reportedly shows a man in a white hoodie firing shots and fleeing.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, saw the white hoodie before or after April 18, 2023, or has other information, contact the Atlanta police.