Mother Gunned Down After Calling 911|Lashunda McLendon

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Welcome to No Tears for Black
Girls, a true crime series.

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Created.
Written and produced by

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award-winning writer Jon
Reedberg and hosted by Samantha

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Paul.
Lashunda McClendon was a beloved

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mother and friend, but on
Friday, December 13th, 2024, her

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life was cut short in a shocking
act of violence.

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It all started outside a
convenience store in South

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Charlotte, where McClendon got
into an altercation with Ebony

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Makisa Rahman.
Fearing for her life, McClendon

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called 911 and reported that
Rahman had pointed a gun at her.

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Police arrived but were unable
to prevent the tragedy that

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would unfold later that day.
Surveillance footage revealed

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that after the initial
confrontation, Rahman returned

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with a man who provided her with
the murder weapon.

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The two engaged in a physical
struggle before Rahman retrieved

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the gun and shot McClendon.
She then calmly picked up her

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jacket and fled the scene.
Witnesses described hearing a

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heated discussion between the
two women before hearing a

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single gunshot.
For Mcclendon's family, there is

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no closure as they demand
justice for not only Rahman but

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also the man who supplied the
deadly weapon.

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As they mourn the loss of their
loved one, they are left with

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unanswered questions and a sense
of injustice in the face of such

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a senseless act.
New tonight A WCNC Charlotte

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investigation found the justice
system failed to protect a

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Charlotte mother.
Because it's it was preventable.

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Without order, I cry every day
for my child.

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She just ain't coming back.
During his investigation, our

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Nate Moribito uncovered a series
of decisions and delays across

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state lines that allowed a
fugitive to walk free, and now

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she's charged with murder as a
warning.

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You are about to hear 911 calls
that are difficult to listen to.

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She.
Was a good girl.

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Lashunda, McClendon.
Her personality bronk everybody

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clothes.
Treated her phone.

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She was just always there to
comfort you.

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Like a lifeline, a way of
staying connected to her family.

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When she'd call, her kids would
listen.

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My last phone call was on
Wednesday with her.

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On December 13th, Mcclendon's
calls ended forever.

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This girl just actually pulled a
gun out on me and pointed him in

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my face.
But not before she first dialed

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911 to report Ebony Rahman, an
acquaintance she says threatened

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her life around 7:30 that
morning.

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She need to be going to jail.
Charlotte Mecklenburg Police

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responded to her plea for help.
The responding officer took

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Rahman into custody, but not to
charge her with any crime

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connected to the threat.
Instead, when he ran her name to

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the National Crime Information
Center database, he noticed

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Rahman was wanted by the York
County Sheriff's Office

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connected to shoplifting and
criminal conspiracy charges from

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June.
She had an extraditable warrant

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out of South Carolina took her
downtown.

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He drove the fugitive to jail,
but then the Mecklenburg County

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Sheriff's Office turned her
away.

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The officer returned Rahman to
the scene less than three hours

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after McClendon called 911 chief
leader.

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Three more people called
dispatch.

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She just shot it and then rolled
off, all as the 42 year old

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begged for help.
Please come home.

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Please come out.
Please come on.

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Please come on.
Please.

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That's yes now, yeah.
Then her mother received the

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call every parent dreads.
I cry every day for my child

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just they coming back.
But I got a right here though,

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in my heart, right here.
Mcclendon's family.

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Because it was preventable.
Is now second guessing every

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decision leading up to that
moment.

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Yeah, they let my mom down.
It.

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Seems like a failure.
Criminal defense attorney Tim

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Emery says this case is as
shocking as it is sad.

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It suggests that our systems are
not effective and efficient at

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keeping us safe.
WC and C Charlotte's

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investigation found the lack of
a single signature and the

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addition of one word allowed
Rahman to avoid jail that

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morning.
Turns out, CMPD first served

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Rahman with her fugitive charges
out of South Carolina in July

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after they picked her up on a
probation violation that began a

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drawn out process to secure a
governor's warrant to bring her

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back to South Carolina. 90 days
passed with no warrant, so

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prosecutors, as the law allows,
dismissed the charge.

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Records show the York County
Sheriff's the office didn't fill

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out the formal paperwork until
late October.

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It then took more than a month
to get the needed signatures in

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South Carolina before North
Carolina officials could

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approve.
Rahman, meanwhile, walked out of

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jail in November, still wanted
but free for the time being.

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That brings us back to the
morning of December 13th.

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The Mecklenburg County Sheriff's
Office knew a governor's warrant

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was almost ready, but the agency
says it could not hold ramen

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because then Governor Roy Cooper
hadn't signed it yet.

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He signed the paper three days
later.

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That leads to the other issue.
I've never had a client who has

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been taken to the jail with an
out of state warrant and then

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they just say no, no, you're
good to go.

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I've never seen that.
Mecklenburg County says the

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agency couldn't rearrest the
woman on her outstanding

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fugitive charges in this
instance because of the way she

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was labeled in NCIC after her
July arrest.

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It's like we really lost a best
friend and mom.

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Lashunda Mcclendon's family is
now paying the price, their

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mom's voice silenced but using
theirs to make a call of their

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own.
I pray that the police system

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don't let another family down
like they let his family.

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The York County Sheriff's Office
told us an uncommon MCSO policy,

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not the law, is why Mecklenburg
County didn't hold ramen while

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awaiting the governor's warrant.
MCSO told us the agency quote

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empathizes with the family, but
after a thorough review, all

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policies and procedures were
followed.

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