Malikah Shabazz, the daughter of slain civil rights leader Malcolm X, was found dead in her Brooklyn apartment Monday, the NYPD confirmed to CBS News. Shabazz was found by her daughter and at this point, her death is not considered suspicious, police say.
CBS New York reports that her daughter found her unconscious at about 5 p.m., according to police.
Shabazz, 56, was one of the twins born to Betty Shabazz after Malcolm X was killed, Bernice King tweeted late Monday. King is the youngest child of slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr.
The news comes just days after a New York Supreme Court judge exonerated two of the three men convicted of killing Malcom X in 1965. Judge Ellen Biben's decision followed a two-year investigation by Manhattan's district attorney that determined Muhammad A. Aziz, 83, and the late Khalil Islam were "wrongfully convicted."
Malikah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X, found dead, NYPD says
Police say her death isn't considered suspicious at this point. She was 56.
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