A mother is livid after she says the man accused of killing her son got a bond, and no one told her about the court hearing.
The Clayton County District Attorney’s Office strongly denies that, saying she was contacted twice.
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Qiana Gordon says the shooting near the Kroger on Tara Boulevard near Lovejoy has left her with a broken heart.
“There were a lot of things that he stole from me and him that we can never get back,” she said.
Gordon is talking about 22-year-old Yahiko West, the man accused of killing her 17-year-old son, Qi’Adrian Gordon, in June of last year.
Gordon wanted West to sit in jail pending trial and think about what he’s accused of doing.
“Every morning you wake up, I want you to think about my son. I want you to think about what you did. I want you to think about what you robbed me and my family of,” she told Channel 2’s Tom Jones on Channel 2 Action News at 5:00 p.m.
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Gordon says she attended every hearing for West, either in person or via Zoom. She wanted justice and a say in what happened.
“Anybody who ever asked me got the same answer: He does not deserve to go home,” she said.
Then, recently, Gordon says the sheriff’s office called her to say that West was going home. Clayton County Superior Court Judge Jewel Scott had granted him a $250,000 bond.
Gordon says no one ever called her about the bond hearing.
District Attorney Tasha Mosley told Jones that records indicate her office called Gordon six days before the hearing and again the day before it. Mosley says someone spoke with her both times.
Court records indicate that a prosecutor told the judge Gordon wanted West to remain in custody. Mosley says that’s because her office spoke with Gordon.
Gordon says she remembers only talking to someone about a bond modification hearing.
“I don’t recall a bond hearing,” she said.
Mosley says her office keeps records for moments like this, and she is adamant that Gordon was contacted. She says her office opposed the bond in court.
In court records, Judge Scott said she granted bond after considering factors such as whether West is a flight risk, a threat to the community, or at risk of intimidating witnesses. She also said bond isn’t meant to be punitive.
Gordon says she has moved because of West’s release.
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