“Her smile was contagious,” said Fedilla Kassa, Nadia Kassa’s younger sister. “Her energy was so contagious. Being around her was like a breath of fresh air.”
Thirty-year-old Kassa was shot and killed, too. Her six surviving sisters are remembering her as a determined woman who cared for everyone she met.
“Nobody could peer pressure her into being somebody else,” said Fedilla. “She was like a force of nature. Like anything she wanted to do, she would do. She knew who she was and she was confident about it. And there was nobody who could tell her otherwise.” Kassa was among a crowd of people in the Rainier Hookah Lounge at about 4:20 a.m. Sunday when a dispute turned violent. The King County Medical Examiner said she was shot in the head. She died later at Harborview Medical Center.
Twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Bishu and Trevis Bellard died where they lay. Six other victims were taken to Harborview, a 23-year-old man in critical condition.News of her death, said her family, has spread across the country, given her activism in the Tigray community, which is locked in a nearly three-year civil war with the Ethiopian government.
“Folks are flying in to mourn her,” said Shemshia Kassa, her older sister. “She was loved by everyone in our community. So this is felt across the nation right now.”Trevis Bellard leaves behind his parents and a sister. His mother said his funeral will be Monday morning in Arlington Texas.
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