Overview
- Authorities say the sixth grader collapsed shortly after an off-campus altercation near her Villa Rica home and died days later at a hospital.
- Cellphone footage posted by a relative shows a bus leaving before the confrontation, the two girls setting down backpacks, a brief exchange of punches, and an adult telling Jada to go home.
- Police say they are awaiting autopsy findings and plan to meet this week with the Douglas County district attorney, and no charges have been filed.
- The Douglas County School System says the incident occurred off school property and has provided counselors for students and staff at Mason Creek Middle School.
- Family members say Jada was new to the school, had faced bullying, and experienced seizures and cardiac complications before her death, and they are calling for accountability.