mother Jada West Her 12-year-old daughter died after getting into a fight with another child after getting off the school bus. Villa Rica police are reviewing cellphone video of the incident to determine if charges are warranted.
“She was loving, she was kind, but she didn’t deserve to be treated like this,” said Rashunda McClendon, West’s mother.
McClendon told Channel 2’s Tom Jones that her daughter, a student at Mason Creek Middle School, should still be here.
“It has to stop. It has to stop. The violence has to stop,” she said.
McLendon said she is still trying to cope with the loss of her only child.
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“I don’t understand,” McClendon said, according to Fox 5 Atlanta.
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On March 5, West allegedly got into an argument on a school bus that eventually escalated into a physical altercation near her home. One of West’s friends ran to her home and alerted her mother, who arrived at the scene.
“She was lying on the ground,” a heartbroken McClendon recalled. “She wasn’t breathing.”
A girl at the scene told McLendon that West hit her first.
West was transferred from Tanner Medical Center to Scottish Rite Children’s Hospital, where he died. Her family is currently awaiting autopsy results.
“I’m angry. We have to teach our kids. I’m angry. What happened to love? We lost love, people. Teach your kids to love,” McClendon said.
It’s unclear what led to the fight.
The family also questioned why the other girl was allowed on the school bus since she reportedly did not live nearby and did not get off at the bus stop where the fight occurred.
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Video emerged on social media showing West fighting with another student. The Villarrica Police Department is handling the investigation.
The Mason Creek Middle School student was dropped off near her home. Cell phone video appears to show her arguing with another group of children.
West then started fighting with another girl. West appeared to take a hard fall, and then she began to lose consciousness.
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West suffers from heart disease heart failure He died the next day.
“No one tried to stop it. No one tried to call the police and stop it,” her mother said.
West’s family claims she was new to the area and got into an argument with a boy and a girl. However, they don’t know what started the fight.
West’s family are now calling for justice, claiming she was bullied.
“It’s not right for this little girl to go to school with other kids,” her aunt Dequala McClendon said, according to Atlanta TV station WSB. “My niece is no longer here. My niece has a tube in her throat and is in the hospital.”
Villarrica police said they will forward the findings to the district attorney for review.
