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Woman Who was Among 1st to Sue over Flint Water Crisis Shot Dead

HeadlineApr 25, 2016

One of the first people to file a lawsuit in connection with the water poisoning crisis in Flint, Michigan, has been shot to death. Sasha Avonna Bell said her child had been poisoned with lead after an emergency manager appointed by Governor Rick Snyder switched the city’s water to the corrosive Flint River. Bell was one of two women found shot to death last week at a townhouse. She was 19 years old.

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