Authorities to release video from school where family of LGBTQ student said teen was attacked day before their death
Authorities in Oklahoma will release video from inside the school where the family of an LGBTQ student said the teen was attacked and assaulted in a bathroom one day before their death, police said Wednesday.
Authorities in Oklahoma will release video from inside the school where the family of an LGBTQ student said the teen was attacked and assaulted in a bathroom one day before their death, police said Wednesday.
Hallway cameras inside Owasso High School West Campus show the student, Nex Benedict, before and after the Feb. 7 fight, Owasso Police Department spokesman Nick Boatman told NBC News.
Boatman said investigators have reviewed the video and will release it “at some point.” He did not provide additional details about what the video shows.
Owasso High School West Campus in Owasso, Okla.Google mapsIn a statement Wednesday, the police department said that preliminary information from an autopsy shows that Nex’s Feb. 8 death was not related to trauma. A toxicology exam is pending, and an official autopsy will be released later, the department said.
The statement did not provide additional details on a possible cause or manner of death.
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