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Shaquille O'Neal Offers to Pay Funeral Expenses for 12-Year-Old Girl Who Died After Fight in Georgia
Shaquille O'Neal and local sheriffs are partnering to ease funeral costs and support the grieving family after 12-year-old Jada West died following a fight near her school bus stop.
- In a joint news release, Shaquille O'Neal, the Henry County Sheriff's Office chief of community relations, announced he will fund the funeral of Jada West, who died after a fight in Villa Rica.
- On March 5, police say the fight occurred near a bus stop on Reflective Waters Drive in the Ashley Place subdivision near Mason Creek Middle School and did not take place on school property.
- Police spokesman Spencer Crawford said emergency responders were called for a juvenile in cardiac arrest, investigators reviewed cellphone video of punches and intervention, and West died three days later.
- Sheriffs said the goal is to relieve the West family's financial burden so loved ones can focus on honoring her life, and Lindsey McClendon Pettiford posted that the funeral is scheduled for Saturday.
- The case has drawn widespread attention across Georgia, and earlier this week Shaquille O'Neal teamed up with Carvana and the Boys & Girls Clubs of Metro Atlanta to surprise a local family with a vehicle.
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Shaq O'Neal offering to pay for the funeral of Georgia girl, 12, who died after a fight
Shaquille O'Neal is offering to pay for the funeral of a 12-year-old Georgia girl who died days after she collapsed following a fight after school.
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