Transgender star, Koko Da Doll, as see on Sundance hit “Kokomo City” shot dead and killed at 35-years-old

Transgender star Koko Da Doll as see on Sundance hit “Kokomo City” dead at 35-years-old.

Koko Da Doll, who was featured in the Sundance Film Festival documentary Kokomo City earlier this year, was found dead, at 35, in Southwest Atlanta on Tuesday. 

The performer’s death was confirmed by the Atlanta Police Department [AFR], who revealed she was fatally shot ‘shortly before 11 p.m.’ and ‘pronounced dead at the scene,’ according to Variety.

The Atlanta police department reported that the sex worker — whose real name is Rasheeda Williams — had been found with an “apparent gunshot wound” on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in the Southwest part of the city, Deadline reported.

Koko was “not alert, conscious or breathing” and was subsequently pronounced dead at the scene, per the report.

As of yet, authorities haven’t named any suspects in the shooting. ‘Homicide investigators responded to the scene and are working to determine the circumstances surrounding the incident. The investigation continues,’ AFR confirmed in a police statement. 

Following the news, Sundance Film Festival tweeted that they are ‘saddened to hear about the death of Rasheeda Williams aka Koko Da Doll.’

A prominent figure in Atlanta’s transgender community, Williams is perhaps best known for starring in the award-winning documentary “Kokomo City,” which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival this past January.

The film followed the lives of Koko and three other African-American trans sex workers in Atlanta and New York City, shedding light on the under-explored topic of violence and discrimination faced by trans people in the black community.