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9 days ago

WARNING GRAPHICS ⚠️ Student dies after falling from the 4th floor at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park. Video shows a classroom fight first. Police say no foul play so far. A boy died Wednesday afternoon after going over a fourth-floor railing at Benjamin Franklin Senior High School in Highland Park, Los Angeles, California, United States. The school is at 820 North Avenue 54. It happened around 1 p.m. Firefighters took him to the hospital. He did not make it. Students and video circulating online show what happened just before. Two boys got into it inside a classroom. A teacher tried to stop it. One kid with a backpack kept hitting the other. The one getting hit ran out. The other followed him down the outdoor walkway. Then the first boy went over the railing. Kids who were there said the boy who died was quiet and did not usually fight back. One witness told reporters he saw the kid get hit hard, run out, and then go over the side. Some local reports said he may have been a senior, but police have not confirmed that. Police and school police are treating it as a death investigation. LAPD Officer Rosario Cervantes said they have not found evidence of foul play. They have not released the boy’s name or age. Principal Marine Davtyan and the district sent a note to parents calling it a medical emergency. The campus lockdown has been lifted. No arrests or charges have been announced. Officials still have not given a full public account of exactly how he went over the railing. Investigators are looking at the classroom video, the walkway video, and student statements.