The death of a 17-year-old student who jumped from a fourth-floor railing at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park last week has been ruled a suicide, as authorities continue to investigate the case amid reports that the boy was regularly bullied at the school.
Xavier Nungaray-Martinez died on Sept. 30 from multiple blunt traumatic injuries to the head and torso, according to the Los Angeles County medical examiner’s office.
He suffered the fatal injuries at about 1 p.m. last Wednesday. Students told reporters at the scene that Nungaray-Martinez was involved in a brief fight inside a classroom prior to the fall. Video aired by television news broadcasts showed two students in an altercation in the classroom, with a teacher standing between them trying to separate the pair…