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Death of Franklin High student in Highland Park ruled suicide after 4th-floor fall

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If you or someone you know needs support now, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. LOS ANGELES – A 17-year-old student at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park died in an incident officials have ruled a suicide after he went over a fourth-floor railing following a classroom fight.

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  1. Los Angeles Times

    Franklin High student who fell from railing died by suicide, coroner determines (opens Los Angeles Times)

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    L.A. county authorities have classified the death of a 17-year-old Franklin High student as a suicide and identified him as Xavier Nungaray-Martinez.

  2. Foxla

    Death of Franklin High student in Highland Park ruled suicide after 4th-floor fall (opens Foxla)

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    If you or someone you know needs support now, call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org. LOS ANGELES – A 17-year-old student at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park died in an incident officials have ruled a suicide after he went over a fourth-floor railing following a classroom fight.

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