Appalling moment New Orleans girl, 12, brandishes GUN on classmate after vicious brawl on school bus
A 12-year-old girl in New Orleans was arrested after a video surfaced of her retrieving a gun following a fight on a school bus – only for her mom to defend her by saying: ‘She was being bullied.’
The girl was in a brawl on the bus on Friday, during which she and the girl she was fighting with pulled each other’s hair.
She then she reportedly got off the bus, grabbed the pistol from a nearby car and banged on the door of the bus while screaming.
When the driver did not open the door for her, she brandished the gun and left the scene as kids could be heard crying on the bus on the video shared with WWL.
Her mother, who has not been named, said in the video posted to social media ‘she was being bullied, so that’s why she pulled out a firearm.’
She indicates she is proud of her daughter for taking matters into her own hands, and said ‘when a child is under frustration and being bullied, she is supposed to have help with her self-defense.’
She confirmed her daughter was holding a gun and said ‘it was in her possession and she pulled it.’ It is unclear who owned the firearm, and whether it was loaded.
The mom has since deleted the brazen video defending her daughter, although copies of the clip continue to circulate online.
![A shaky video captured the moments a girl was caught in a brawl on a New Orleans school bus](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/25/06/61710011-11144245-image-a-8_1661404165550.jpg)
A shaky video captured the moments a girl was caught in a brawl on a New Orleans school bus
![The 12-year-old then went and found a gun before returning to the bus and banging on the door, but the driver refused to let her in](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/25/06/61710021-11144245-image-a-5_1661404139819.jpg)
The 12-year-old then went and found a gun before returning to the bus and banging on the door, but the driver refused to let her in
![The girls mother took to social media after the incident and defended her daughter, saying she needed help with self-defense if she was being bullied](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2022/08/25/06/61710025-11144245-image-a-2_1661404072265.jpg)
The girls mother took to social media after the incident and defended her daughter, saying she needed help with self-defense if she was being bullied
According to police, the New Orleans Police Department responded to the conflict and arrested the girl the same day.
The girl faces aggravated assault charges for the incident and her mother is charged with principle to aggravated assault and for contributing to the delinquency of a juvenile.
Akili Academy is run by Crescent City Schools, a charter school operator, and they released a statement saying they are ‘horrified by this brazen act of violence that happened off school campus.’
‘School buses should be safe places of transport for our young people. Police were called Friday afternoon during this incident and police action was taken,’ the statement continued.
They also confirmed the student is not currently at school and they are working with New Orleans Public Schools about disciplinary action against the student.
New Orleans Public Schools also released a statement regarding the incident, and said they are ‘aware of an incident involving a weapon and a student from Akili Academy.’
‘The school immediately contacted law enforcement, and the District has been in contact with Crescent City Schools’ leadership regarding this matter,’ they said.
‘Quality education begins with a safe school environment and such incidents that threaten the health and safety of our school family will not be tolerated,’ they concluded.