A 23-year-old mother in Louisiana is accused of transporting multiple children to a nearby school so they could “fight other kids” before she allegedly got behind the wheel and “tried to run over a group of elementary students with her car” because “things didn’t go her way.”
Lejonkica Sharp was arrested last week and charged with six counts of aggravated assault in relation to the alleged incident.
According to a news release from the Shreveport Police Department, the incident occurred around 8 a.m. on Tuesday, April 29, at an elementary school located 350 miles northwest of Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
“On April 29, officers were called to Pine Grove Elementary after a parent reportedly dropped off kids to fight other kids … then tried to run over a group of elementary students with her car when things didn’t go her way,” according to a statement.
Another parent at the school called 911 and informed the dispatcher that a woman, later identified as Sharp, had pulled up to the school and let several young children out of her vehicle, according to Shreveport Fox affiliate KMSS. The children allegedly exited Sharp’s car with the intent to fight the caller’s elementary school-aged children.
According to the caller, Sharp attempted to run over her children as they fled the area on foot.
According to Shreveport CBS affiliate KSLA, at least one of the children Sharp brought to school was her own child.
“Our patrol officer working at the school got right on it — reviewed the footage, got the facts, and identified the suspect as Lejonkica Sharp,” according to a police release.
Investigators said that when they were able to contact Sharp, she claimed that the caller’s children had been “throwing rocks at her car,” but they obtained surveillance footage from the school, which they say “told a very different story.”
“Footage clearly showed Sharp deliberately trying to hit six children with her vehicle,” according to the announcement.
On May 1, authorities took Sharp into custody and thanked the Caddo Parish School Board for its assistance in determining what appeared to have happened.
“If you’re encouraging your kids to fight at school, you are the problem,” the police department wrote on its official Facebook page. “If you believe that the solution to child drama is vehicular assault, we have a spot for you, and it is not in the carpool line. Do better, parents. Seriously.”
