A 7-Eleven worker has died after a colleague allegedly sat on her during a dispute at work.
Jessica McLaughlin, 24, arrived for her shift on June 24 expecting a routine day.
Her family say a female manager at the California store attacked her.
The manager allegedly grabbed Jessica by the hair and sat down on her with her full weight, the family said.
Jessica’s brother, Sean McLaughlin, wrote on a GoFundMe page: “She held her down, sat on top of her, and didn’t let her breathe,”
“While some coworkers tried to help and stop it, they were attacked too. When she finally got free, she collapsed. She wasn’t breathing.”
Sean said coworkers performed CPR while the manager ran to a back room, allegedly trying to delete security footage.
The family say the manager then left the scene on a bike.
Jessica was removed from life support and died on Wednesday (July 2).
Sean wrote: “She has been kept alive on machines for the past couple of days.
For all of these days, her mom Jasmine, her dad Clancey, our brother Anthony, step dad Albert, faithful boyfriend Adrian, sister Linda and I — along with so many friends and family — stayed by her side, hoping, praying for some kind of miracle.
But the damage from the lack of oxygen was too much. Her brain had stopped functioning.
After getting second opinions and doing everything we could, we have to make the impossible decision to let her go.”
The Los Angeles Police Department said officers were sent to the Hollywood store and found Jessica unconscious on the shop floor.
In a statement the LAPD said: “Preliminary information indicated that two women became involved in a verbal dispute inside the business that escalated into a physical confrontation.
Investigators have obtained video evidence of the incident but are not releasing it at this time.”
CBS News reported police opened a homicide investigation after Jessica’s death.