Arrest Made After 'Housewives' Star Kandi Burruss' Fiance Killed in Club Brawl

By PopEater Staff Posted Oct 3rd 2009 03:00PM

A.J. Jewell, the fiance of singer and 'Real Housewives of Atlanta' star Kandi Burruss, was killed after a nightclub brawl in Atlanta on Friday night, MyFoxAtlanta.com has confirmed. Police say Jewell suffered a severe head injury during a fight at the Body Tap club and was taken to a hospital, where he died.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that an employee of the club, Fredrick Richardson, was arrested in connection with the death.

Richardson was taken on Friday night to Grady Memorial Hospital. A police spokesman says he will be taken to Fulton County Jail as soon as doctors discharge him.

Fans of the show got to know Jewell, who appeared several times on the popular Bravo program. Burruss would often argue with her mother about her relationship with Jewell, who has children.

A police spokesman says detectives were still "trying to figure out [what happened]. We had a pretty good number of witnesses that are being cooperative," says James Polite.

But the cause of the fight in the parking lot of the club was still not known Saturday, Polite said.

Burruss, also an R&B singer who fronted the '90s group Xscape, is understandably devastated by the news.

"I could never in a million years imagine this happening," she said on Twitter. "Please pray for AJ's children. That's who I'm the most concerned 4."

In a recent interview, Burruss said the pair were taking a break from their relationship to work out some issues.

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Tags: aj jewell, AjJewell, fredrick richardson, FredrickRichardson, Kandi Burruss, KandiBurruss, Real Housewives of Atlanta, RealHousewivesOfAtlanta

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Saturday 03 October

By dddsgirl12

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Wow Sandy Ginas, I read some of your older comments and you really sound like an ANGRY RACIST!!!!! By the way, the next time you want to comment on someone grammar, you want to be sure to spell it correctly, it's spelled G-R-A-M-M-A-R and not G-R-A-M-M-E-R.

From a life friendly black chick!

By edie

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Things as this sadden my heart. Sad when many looks as this as a race thing. It not that. we live in a world thats rule by the enemy (satan) In whom comes to steal , kill and destroy. and we see this in all race of people . none of us knows where death is.never know something as this could happen to us. so please stop saying ghetto. Thats y God sent Jesus into the world for all of our sins. that we all were born with a nature to sin. if one dont' have God as their saviour the same devil who uses others will use us. so all please show love on here for one another instead of hate. God is love and hate is of the devil. may God help all . bye

By Marcella

Amen thank you for being a witness for Christ.

By Bree

At the end of the day people are going to be ignorant regardless of the situation and I hope they burn in hell dressed in their WHITE SHEETS but anyway my heart goes out to Kandi, her family and his as well.

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For the sake of your comment, I will assume you’re white. It amazes me how so many of you accuse us of using the race card on so many levels when you do the same thing in reverse. Any chance you have to lash out something racist at the black community, you take it. I bet you would have a heart attack if you’d find out you have some black blood somewhere down your race line. For goodness sake it’s soon going to be 2010, get over yourself! Black people are not going ANYWHERE; in fact many of us are assimilating into your own race. Wake up or find another planet to live on. Better yet, get some schooling and please do us all a favor and do not procreate. This world would be better without any more degenerates.

By Mi Mi

What does that have to do with anything, people like you are looking for a reason any reason to take a dig at the black race. Give it a rest for you will be held accountable and judge for what lies in your heart. For what lies in the heart proceeds out of the mouth. No one choose what race they were born into, so find something else to rant about. Racism is sooo old get over it!

By unaffiliatedmal

Guess Most of you missed the Black Girl beat down reported on Fox News...

By nron

Wow Ssndy: Do you feel all better and superior now?

By DFAP

I love how it is called a "brawl" as if it was not a big deal. I'm a self defense instructor and yes, you can still be killed even if something starts off as a drunken bar fight over nothing. Blunt impact to the head whether from a weapon, table, wall, floor, or being stomping while down, is probably the 3rd most common way people get killed in fights (behind gunshot and stabbing).

Hey AfroSwirl: here's a Fact!--From the FBI: Black males age 14 - 35, commit 56.6% of all violent crime in America, while they comprise less than 3.5% of the population, and contribute less than 1/10 of 1% to the gross national product. Not so hard to figure out, is it?

By Renee

We are fully aware of the stats, but what are you doing as a human being to help! Most of these issues develop due to lack of education. Ignorance breeds violence!

Monday 05 October

By Dory

Thanks for pointing out those accurate statistics. There is NEVER NEVER an acceptable reason for committing any violent crime, and those that ask "well what are you doing to help?" only worsen the problem by not holding the criminals accountable for THEIR actions. Education is available to anyone who makes a DECISION to become educated and makes a CHOICE not to live in poverty.

By MR TAYLOR

WHAT KIND OF REMARK IS THAT? IT'S WHITE PEOPLE LIKE YOU WHO CONTIUE THIS HATRED GOING ON. I AM A WHITE PERSON AND I SAY GOD WOULD WANT US TO GET ALONG. I CAN'T BELIEVE THE RACIST JUNK ON HERE. SHAME ON YOU PEOPLE. GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU WHEN THE TIME COMES. GOD BLESS US ALL AND PLEASE LET'S GET ALONG.

I feel so sorry for you. Just reading your rants, I am no longer disgusted by your mindframe, I'm just sadden by it. I pray God moves in your heart and replace your hate and judgemental ways with that of love and prayer. When you hear God's voice harden not your heart for you never know when your day will come and you don't want to be on the other side of his God's grace and mercy!

By josebonko

All you white and black people that think that everyone of the same race acts the same way sound very ignorant and borderline retarded....I bet you don't hang out with anyone outside your own race and thats sad because america is a melting pot and we should embrace other races so that people like you can realize that we have more similarities than differences. Not every black person is the same and not every white person is the same stop being so simple minded.

By Misty Ramberg

Im with you 100%
All these comments just made me sick!!!
Ignorant a$$ people in this world...

And wtf does this story have to do about race anyway? LOL I totally forgot what this article was about after reading all this bs!

By kluji

what goes around comes around. ghetto trash this ghetto trash that...out at clubs when yah got kids at home....what do yah expect? Goodie goodie people out and about at the clubs in the wee hours of the morning?

Sunday 04 October

By Miya

I'm so sorry to hear about Khandi's loss. "my heart goes out to both his kids, his family, & Khandi & Riley as well." Reading this story brought tears to my eyes, and as said as it may sound I was praying it wasn't her. Not to be mean it's just that she was so excited about being married for the first time. Again my heart & my prayers go out to them all.

By crackerkiller

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Please do not pay attention to these ignorant white people. They are inherently evil. That is why they are called white devils. Their souls are as dead as the demons in hell. They have no compassion for other people. But enough about trailer trash back to the story. My prayers go out to A.J and his family especially his kids.

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