# Black girls in LA keep seeing women around them getting killed. They’re driving change

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/black-girls-in-la-keep-seeing-women-around-them-getting-killed-theyre-driving-change/
- Published: 2026-11-09T13:00:09+00:00
- Updated: 2026-11-09T13:24:13+00:00
- Original publisher: The Guardian (publisher lean: Left)
- Original article: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2026/nov/09/black-women-girls-los-angeles-homicides-violence
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Black women and girls are disproportionately represented among LA’s female homicide victims.
- Tioni Theus was killed aged 16; no arrests have been made.
- Local women are organising community-led efforts to prevent violence.

## Summary

Black women and girls make up about 4% of the Los Angeles region’s population but account for a disproportionate share of female homicide victims. The killing of 16-year-old Tioni Theus in 2021, whose case remains unsolved, sharpened calls for action and highlighted families’ frustration with police and political leaders.

Five years on, relatives, organisers and violence-prevention workers say too little has changed. They want stronger public recognition, deeper research and funding for programmes addressing domestic and community violence; meanwhile, Black women in LA are organising taskforces, rallies, youth programmes and podcasts to support one another, amid cuts to federal gun-violence prevention funding.

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