Boy, 9, kills himself after 'college bullies tormented him for coming out as gay'
Jamel Myers was located dead in his family home in Denver, Colorado after classmates harassed him for four days since he was gay
A NINE-year-old schoolboy eliminated himself after he was harassed for being gay, his mum claimed.
Jamel Myers was found dead at his household house in Denver, Colorado last Thursday, just four days right into the brand-new school term.
His mum Leia Pierce informed KDVR-TV that the child had exposed to her over the summer season that he was gay which he intended to go to school and also tell his schoolmates due to the fact that he was \"happy\" of it.
She claimed: \"My kid informed my earliest little girl the children at college told him to eliminate himself.
\" I'm simply unfortunate he really did not pertain to me. I'm so dismayed that he thought that was his alternative.\"
Denver Police are treating the fatality as suicide, while Denver Public Schools (DPS) state crisis counsellors have been offered to students at Jamel's college.
The institution system has actually also been corresponding to the households of students in the area about added coaching solutions following the misfortune.
The four days of bullying started when Jamel returned to college at the Joseph Shoemaker Elementary School on August 20 and also informed classmates he was gay.
Ms Pierce stated that he \"looked so frightened\" when he appeared to her over the summer season holiday, however that she had actually informed him she enjoyed him.
She added that she really hopes that her boy's death will raise awareness of the destructive impacts of bullying and that other parents do not have to go via the exact same experience.
In a statement the Denver Public Schools district said it would do whatever it might to sustain Jamel's family.
