Overview
- The LAPD Robbery-Homicide Division’s Valley Bureau is leading the investigation and classifying the case as a homicide.
- The student was identified by family as 12-year-old Khimberly Zavaleta, who died at a hospital Wednesday after days in a coma and surgery.
- Her relatives say she suffered a brain injury after being struck in the head by a metal water bottle thrown by another student during a school incident.
- Police have not publicly confirmed whether the reported altercation and the death are connected.
- LAUSD says it is providing counseling on campus and cooperating with detectives, while students held a Friday protest and a GoFundMe was created to help the family.