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HIGHLAND PARK, LOS ANGELES (KABC) — High school students marched through Highland Park Thursday night as they called for action after a 17-year-old classmate fell to his death last week.
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The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner ruled the student’s death a suicide, but many students and parents are concerned about the possibility that bullying played a role.
Xavier Nungaray-Martinez died Sept. 30 after falling from a fourth-floor balcony at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park. The 17-year-old died from multiple blunt traumatic injuries to the head and torso, according to the medical examiner’s report.
A classmate who was with Nungaray-Martinez moments before the incident said he fell after fighting with another student. Nungaray-Martinez’s family has said he was being bullied.
A Highland Park resident who identified herself as Joana was one of a few hundred people who showed up at the high school campus Thursday as Los Angeles Unified members met with school leaders, including the principal and parents of students.
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Police officers positioned to control the crowd, which chanted as some officials left from a back entrance, avoiding demonstrators.
Parents say they’re demanding increased campus supervision and more school resource officers.
If you are struggling with thoughts of suicide or worried about a friend or loved one, call or text the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline at 988 for free, confidential emotional support 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
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