The teen was to start working for the city of Atlanta Tuesday in its summer youth employment program. “She said, ‘They could have saved my baby,’” she said. I’m a fighter.’”īre’Asia’s mother dialed 911 but was initially disconnected, Huntley said. “Her friends attempted to apply pressure to her wounds. I’ve been shot,” she said, Huntley was told. We will make sure her legacy will live on.”īre’Asia was able to speak after the shooting and unlocked her cell phone so her friends could summon help, Huntley said. “She was a super smart, beautiful, charismatic girl. “She was the most popular kid,” Huntley said. “So we’re calling on parents, calling on young people and we’re calling on the community to continue to wrap their arms around our youth today.”
“We are always heartbroken when anyone loses their life in our city but especially when it’s a young person the day after school lets out,” he said. Mayor Andre Dickens, who attended Mays High School as a youngster, said during a Sunday news conference he’d spoken to the mothers of both of the teens shot at the gathering.
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