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Black Trans Woman Fatally Shot In South Carolina

Denali Berries Stuckey, 29, of South Carolina is the 12th Black trans woman to be violently killed in 2019.
Black Trans Woman Fatally Shot In South Carolina
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By Breanna Edwards · Updated October 23, 2020

A Black transgender woman was fatally shot over the weekend in North Charleston, South Carolina.

Denali Berries Stuckey, 29, is the 12th transgender woman who has lost her life to violence since the beginning of the year, with all of the known victims so far being Black, according to Alliance For Full Acceptance, a North Charleston LGBTQ activist and advocacy group.

According to CNN, Stuckey was found dead on the shoulder of a road at around 4 a.m. Saturday.

Originally, the incident was reported as a possible auto-pedestrian accident, but police soon found that Stuckey had suffered from a gunshot wound.

North Charleston Police Deputy Chief Scott Deckard said that Stuckey’s death is still being investigated, including possible motives.

“NCPD has been in constant contact with Andrea Stuckey, Denali’s mother, and are acting in accordance with the family’s wishes,” Deckard said in a statement released Monday.

“We hope that through this tragic act, greater awareness is gained of the continuing discrimination and harassment of the LGBTQ community,” Deckard added, noting that the department intends to “quickly and judiciously find the perpetrator(s), determine a motive, and punish according to the law.”

Alliance For Full Acceptance, along with other LGBTQ groups in South Carolina also hosted a vigil for Stuckey on Monday, during which they asked for anyone with information about the shooting to contact police.

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Please join us at 8pm tonight at the Equality Hub, 1801 Reynolds Ave, to remember Denali Berries Stuckey, a transgender woman who was shot in North Charleston over the weekend. Stuckey is the 12th trans woman to die this year in the US, with all of the known victims so far being African American.  She is also the 8th one under age 30 to be killed in 2019. Anyone with information about the fatal shooting is encouraged to call NCPD Crime Stoppers at 843-554-1111 #sayhername #blacktranslivesmatter #translivesmatter #restinpower #charleston #northcharleston #allianceforfullacceptance #denaliberriesstuckey

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“She was always a nurturing person. A very sweet person. Any anniversary, any birthday, event, anything representing or celebrating you, she was always there,” Mercdeas Arline said, a friend of Stuckey’s told Live5News. “I feel some type of way because I know she’s not going to be here no more, and I won’t be able to hear her laugh. And, she had this distinctive laugh that I swear keeps playing in my head.”

TOPICS:  #BlackTransLivesMatter Denali Berries Stuckey south carolina transgender black woman
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