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AND DIED DAYS LATER. TONIGHT, HER FAMILY SAYS THE SCHOOL DID NOTHING TO PROTECT HER.
>> KTLA SANDRA MITCHELL IS LIVE IN WITH THE HEARTBREAKING STORY, SANDRA.
>> SHERIFF. REALLY IS. HER FAMILY SAYS THE SCHOOL WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A SAFE PLACE, BUT THAT IS THE BULLYING HAD BEEN GOING ON FOR A WHILE. FOR ITS PART, THE SCHOOL WILL ONLY SAY THEY ARE DEEPLY SADDENED BY WHAT HAPPENED AND FULLY COOPERATING WITH WHAT HAS BECOME NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION.
A GRIEVING MOTHER OUTSIDE RECEIVED A HIGH SCHOOL IN TIPTON. IN IT ON THAT TONIGHT, ELMA CHIQUITA TELLS KTLA HER 12 YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER KIMBERLY WAS THE VICTIM OF A VICIOUS BULLYING ATTACK.
>> HIT IN THE HEAD IN THE SCHOOL HALLWAY, SHE DIED DAYS LATER AFTER A BRAIN HEMORRHAGE. WILL SHE MET A WATER BOTTLE AND THEY TOWED IT.
>> TO HER RIGHT BE HERE. AFTER THAT, SHE SAID THAT IT DIDN'T WANT TO COME HOME WITH A TICKET TO THE BILL. WITNESSES SAY THE WATER BOTTLE THAT STRUCK KIMBERLY WAS LAUNCHED BY ANOTHER 12 YEAR-OLD GIRL.
>> AFTER THE INCIDENT, EVERY SEE THE HIGH KIMBERLY WAS TAKEN TO THE ER, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW THAT AND THAT'S WHAT I MEANT THE END OF US. IT TIGHTEN NO. HER MOM SAYS THE DOCTOR DID NOTHING. THEY SENT KIMBERLY HOME AND TOLD HER TO TAKE TYLENOL. BUT A FEW DAYS LATER, KIMBERLY COLLAPSED. THE DAY SHE HAD THE ANEURISM, WE'VE HAD NO THAT SOMETHING WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I GUESS IT IS. KIMBERLY SONG CALLED THE CHILD ATTACKED A REALLY IT WAS PROBLEMATIC CHILD AND THAT HAS BEEN.
>> FIGHTING AND BULLYING A LOT OF KIDS NOT SPECIFICALLY TARGETING.
>> KIMBERLY. THE MIDDLE HE'S GRIEVING NOW. THERE ARE DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE. KIMBERLY'S CLASSMATES DEMONSTRATING OUTSIDE THE SCHOOL TODAY. AND THE LAPD IS INVESTIGATING THIS AS A HOMICIDE SAYING DUE TO THE SENSITIVE NATURE AND THE INVOLVED PARTIES BEING JUVENILES, WE ARE NOT RELEASING ANY FURTHER INFORMATION.
AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, KIMBERLY'S FAMILY FACING SOME REALLY EXTREME MEDICAL BILLS BECAUSE SHE DID HAVE 3 SURGERIES BEFORE SHE PASSED.
>> THERE IS A GOFUNDME TO HELP THE FAMILY IF YOU'D LIKE TO.