Teenager in School Fight Complains of Headache, Dies
Authorities are investigating the death of a student at Banning-Carson Community Adult School who was found dead in his bed Thursday after a fight at the Wilmington school.
Fabien Espinoza, 18, complained to his mother about having a headache Wednesday night, a few hours after he got into a fight with another student in the school parking lot, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
The next morning at 6:20, Espinoza’s mother said, she could not wake her son. Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at his Wilmington home.
Investigators have interviewed a 17-year-old boy who fought Espinoza. The youth is a student at Banning High School, where the adult school is located.
Police would not reveal the reasons for the fight, and they have made no arrests.
The county coroner’s office is expected to perform an autopsy within several days to determine the cause of death, officials said.
Detectives from the LAPD’s Harbor Division are asking anyone with information to call (310) 548-7621 or (877) 529-3855.
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