MIAMI, April 2 -- The vice mayor of Coral Springs, Florida, was shot ‌and killed yesterday and her husband was taken into custody as the lone suspect in what police called ‌a case of domestic violence, officials said.

Nancy Metayer Bowen, 38, was the first Black woman and first Haitian American woman to serve as commissioner in Coral Springs, a town of about 134,000 people some 45 miles (72km) north of Miami.

She was elected to the commission in 2020, re-elected in 2024, and named vice mayor by her fellow commissioners, according to the city's website. Democratic ‌presidential nominee Kamala Harris named her as her ⁠campaign's Caribbean vote director in Florida, ⁠the Sun Sentinel reported in ⁠2024.

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