Lashunda McLendon: Charlotte Mother Gunned Down After Calling 911 on Woman
Lashunda McLendon was a mother, a friend and confidant to her grown children in Charlotte, North Carolina. But when she needed the law, it failed her.
About 10 a.m,. on Friday, December 13, 2024, McLendon and Ebonee Makeesa Rhaman, 43, got into it outside a convenience store in South Charlotte.
Sensing deadly danger, McLendon actually called 911 and told a dispatcher that the other woman pointed a gun at her.
Police arrived at the scene and took the suspect to jail, but the Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Office turned her away.
Hours later, surveillance footage showed Rahman walk up on McLendon, take her jacket off and toss it on the ground. The two began to tussle.
About 30 seconds later, police say Rahman walked toward the foodmart, met with an unknown man, and retrieved a handgun from his jacket. She then shot McLendon, picked up her jacket, walked to her vehicle and fled the scene, according to police.
“I saw some form of discussion, and then they calmed down, and then we heard a gunshot,” Paula Gonzales, who was working at a food truck nearby, told WSOC-TV.
McLendon’s family wants the man who gave Rahman the gun from to face charges as well.
“The person who had the gun is still out there and that’s not right,” family members told Channel 9. “There’s no closure because, if it was just her there would be closure, but with him still out there is no closure,” Latara Rushing, McLendon’s daughter, said.
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