Cassius Turvey killing: mother questions why police took only a brief statement before he died

Mechelle and Cassius Turvey. Turvey said her son, a year 9 student, was only spoken to by WA police once before he died. Photograph: The Guardian

The grieving mother of 15-year-old Cassius Turvey, killed in an alleged violent attack in Perth, has paid tribute to her son while questioning why police took only a brief statement from the schoolboy before he died in hospital.

Mechelle Turvey, the mother of the year 9 student, said the family has been left heartbroken after the attack. She remembered him as a “young leader” who loved basketball, school and his friends. The Noongar teenager died on the weekend.