Black Lives Matter Charleston Leader Mourned After Fatal Shooting in New OrleansNewsweek, Feb 7, 2017, Chantal Da Silva
Friends and family are mourning the loss of a prominent Black Lives Matter leader from Charleston who was shot in New Orleans.
Muhiyyidin d'Baha, 32, was shot in the leg while riding his bike at around 1 a.m. in Louisiana and later died, the activist's niece, Camille Weaver, told WCSC-TV.
On a GoFundMe page set up by Weaver, d'Baha's niece said her uncle was taken to the hospital in critical condition, but died due to excessive blood loss.
The New Orleans Police Department is investigating the shooting but has yet to establish any motive or identify any suspects.
D'Baha, who went by the nickname "Moya" and whose legal name was Muhiyyidin Moye, had made headlines in February 2017 after he was caught on a live broadcast trying to tear a Confederate flag away from a South Carolina Secessionist Party demonstrator after leaping over police tape during a rally in downtown Charleston.
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