The Reseda Middle School student’s death has sent shockwaves through Los Angeles, after a 12-year-old girl died days following an alleged bullying incident inside her school hallway.
Family members say the tragedy began 10 days earlier, when another student hurled a metal water bottle at her head during an altercation at Reseda High School, a charter campus serving grades 6 through 12.
Now, the Los Angeles Police Department is investigating the girl’s death as a homicide.
A Hallway Incident, Then a Sudden Collapse
The girl’s mother, Elma Chuquipa, told KTLA that her daughter, Khimberly, was attacked by another 12-year-old student who threw the metal bottle at her head in a school corridor.
Khimberly was taken to an emergency room following the incident and later discharged, according to her family. But in the days that followed, her condition worsened. She suddenly collapsed and was rushed back to the hospital, where doctors diagnosed a brain hemorrhage.
She later died from her injuries.
Police have not released additional details about the investigation or potential charges.
