Kayla Moore aka Xavier Christopher Moore
Name: Kayla Moore aka Xavier Christopher Moore
Age: 41
Gender: Transgender
Race: African-American/Black
Date: 02/12/2013
Location: 2116 Allston Way
Berkeley, California, 94704
County: Alameda
Agency: Berkeley Police Department
Cause of Death: Asphyxiated/Restrained
Intended Use of Force: Less-than-lethal force
Media summary: Officers responded to 2116 Allston Way for a mental health evaluation. Moore was uncooperative, struggled with police and stopped breathing while under restraint. Copwatch identified Moore as a transgender woman of color (Kayla Moore) and raised concerns about the death. Coroner later ruled death as a drug overdose, accidental. Fatal Encounters apologizes for the occasional use of birth names for transgender people. Police and news media often report the birth names instead of the real names, so we have to have both in our name field to prevent duplications in the dataset.
Unique ID: 12360
News article: Link
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