9-year-old boy commits suicide after being bullied at school for coming out of the closet
Just four days into the new school year, a young boy has killed himself after being bullied for coming out as gay, his mother claims
After the recent death of her son, a Denver mom wants to highlight the critical issues of bullying and suicide that still plague the country.
According to Leia Pierce, her son, Jamel Myles, took his life in their home on Thursday (August 23) at the tender age of nine.
She said that bullying played a major factor in the death of her son, who had just started fourth grade at the Joe Shoemaker Elementary School on Monday last week.