Celebrities are coming out in droves in remembrance of 18-year-old stabbing victim Nia Wilson. Wilson was fatally wounded during an attack where she and her sister were both stabbed in the neck while exiting a Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in Oakland on Sunday (July 22) night.
The 27-year-old suspect was seen on camera pulling out a knife and beginning an unprovoked and "very rapidly" stabbing attack on Wilson and her sister, Letifah, as they exited a train at MacArthur Station.
Police officials would go on to arrest the suspect the following day on a BART train.
After news of the recent high school grad's senseless murder went viral, celebs quickly took to social media offering words of encouragement to the victim's family.
rest in peace Nia Wilson. praying for your sister to pull through and heal, and for her heart when she does. God bless your family. BART, you have cameras & thousands of passengers daily, you’re being held accountable!!! this shit is wild. so young, super heartbreaking...💔
— Kehlani (@Kehlani) July 23, 2018
I can’t take it #JusticeforNia 🙏🏾 https://t.co/giYyeTcgLJ
— Sanaa Lathan (@justsanaa) July 24, 2018
You know.....at what point will it stop? I'm getting tired of the heartbreak. Tired of needing to organize rally's to convince people that our lives matter. To the killer...I will NOT say your name. To Nia...we will shout yours from the rooftops!!! pic.twitter.com/2i03JfCQgS
— Viola Davis (@violadavis) July 25, 2018
This hurts man. Real bad..please retweet and lets pressure investigators to do their job. We need to find this POS. 😥😡🤬#NIAWILSON #JusticeforNia https://t.co/jj9kg5zOmb
— Mike Colter (@realmikecolter) July 23, 2018
The side of me that believes that most of us possess compassion feels if we can send prayers and resources to save boys in a cave on the other side of the world we surely can rally to find #niawilson 's killer https://t.co/hfd2KUFIsE
— Regina King (@ReginaKing) July 23, 2018
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