The Omaha Public School Distict will launch an investigation Monday into Friday's beating of two South High students. One, Chasity Wright, died shortly after the attack by several teenage girls.

Though the attack didn't happen on school grounds, OPS administrators said they take harassment very seriously. The 16-year-old Wright and a friend had left summer school classes at South to go to lunch when they were beaten outside the Burger King restaurant at 24th and H just before 12:30 p.m. Wright was taken to the University of Nebraska Medical Center where she was pronounced dead. Witnesses said the attack was done by several girls while others watched. The police investigation continues. There have not been any arrests made in the case.

Initial autopsy reports did not reveal what caused her death. Omaha police spokeswoman Cathy Martinec said further tests will be needed. Chasity suffered from asthma. It's not yet known if that was a factor.

Chasity's family said Saturday they want answers and justice. Her mother can't believe Chasity is gone. "I miss my daughter." Felicia Wright was surrounded by family as she absorbed the shock of the death of her only daughter. Chasity's best friend, Portia Loyd, was also hit, scratches visible on her face. Chasity's cousin Maya Mack saw the beatings and ran to help, but it was too late. "I was holding her and her eyes were in the back of her head. I knew she was going to die. Portia kept telling me to stop saying it, but I knew she was going to die." Mack also saw the crowd of teen onlookers. The family said Chasity had ongoing problems with the five girls who attacked her, girls who spread word of their planned beating before it happened. "All of them were standing there surrounding us," said Mack. "Didn't nobody try to help us or nothing, because it had to be a good 50 people out there or more." The family wants to see those responsible caught. "They need to send a message to say it's not okay to kill, it's not okay to kill," said aunt Latonya Wright. "They didn't have to do this to her," said Felicia. "They didn't have to do what they did to her. They could have left her alone."

Chasity's family said she had faced problems with bullying throughout her school years and had been called names by this group of girls. The family said they spoke to South High School administrators about problems several times.