Student Dies After 4th-Floor Fall at Los Angeles High School, Witnesses Say
Police said the student’s fall is under investigation and there is no evidence of foul play.
- On Wednesday, a male student died after falling from a fourth-story building at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
- Authorities placed the campus on lockdown shortly after the incident occurred near 1 p.m. to conduct a death investigation; LAPD Officer Rosario Cervantes noted there is 'no evidence of foul play.'
- While social media videos show a classroom confrontation preceding the fall, police have not released details on the circumstances, and authorities have not confirmed a connection between the events.
- Principal Marine Davtyan messaged families that campus gates remained locked during the investigation, stating, 'All procedures are being implemented according to district policy.'
- By around 4 p.m. Wednesday, students began reuniting with parents on the sidewalk, as the Los Angeles Unified School District continues to cooperate with the ongoing death investigation.
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Student Dies After Fourth-Floor School Fall
A campus death moves fast; the facts that matter most arrive slowly. In Highland Park, what is firmly established is stark: a Benjamin Franklin High School student fell from a fourth-floor level just after 1 p.m., was transported from the campus alive, and was later pronounced dead at a hospital while police opened a death investigation. The open question is not whether this happened, but how the minutes before the fall unfolded. The Short Versi…
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Who was Xavier Nungarary? 17-year-old student dies after fall, shocking video emerges
Xavier Nungarary, a 17-year-old senior at Benjamin Franklin High School in Highland Park, Los Angeles, died after falling from a fourth-floor balcony at the school on September 30, 2026.
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