Reseda woman was defending sister when bully threw bottle at head

The grieving mom of a 12-year-old woman who died after a metallic bottle was thrown at her head has described in horrific element how her daughter was defending her older sister when she suffered an enormous mind bleed following the assault at her LA highschool.

Khimberly Zavaleta was attacked at Reseda Excessive Faculty final week and handed away on Wednesday in hospital, her mom Elma Chuquipa mentioned.

“At dismissal time, [her sister] was within the faculty hallway when a tall boy got here as much as her … he was pushing her, and my daughter advised him, ‘What’s your downside with me? Let’s go to the principal’s workplace and discuss it’ – however he ignored her,” an emotional Chuquipa advised KABC.

When Khimberly stepped in to defend her sister, somebody allegedly threw a metallic water bottle, hitting her within the head.

“My daughter goes and pulls her away, in order that they don’t hit her sister, and that’s when [Khimberly] will get hit within the head,” Chuquipa mentioned.

Video of the battle, which has not been launched, reportedly doesn’t present the second the bottle was thrown.

“They had been hitting her sister. … Within the video, you’ll be able to see them pulling [Khimberly]. At one level, they hit her exhausting on the pinnacle, which led her to the place she is now – in a morgue,” Chuquipa mentioned.

The 12-year-old was rushed to the emergency room and appeared tremendous, however days later, she collapsed instantly, her mom mentioned.

“We took her to the emergency room, the place she arrived with no vitals,” Chuquipa mentioned, visibly emotional.

“My daughter was there, they tore her garments, they gave her CPR, I used to be very scared, I cried quite a bit. I had this hope that she would rise up from the place she was,” she added.

An X-ray confirmed Khimberly had blood in her head, and was intubated earlier than being transferred to a different hospital.

“The physician mentioned, ‘We’re going to need to carry out surgical procedure. We’re going to open this a part of her cranium so we are able to take away all of the blood,’” Chuquipa mentioned, recalling how she begged the physician to “save my daughter.”

Docs then warned her that any additional surgical procedure would have solely a 1% probability of success, and mentioned Khimberly was already brain-dead.

“It was very painful for me to go away my daughter within the hospital with the hope of coming dwelling,” Chuquipa mentioned.

“She all the time advised me, ‘I’ll by no means depart you.’ After I was there, I mentioned to her, ‘You advised me you’d by no means depart me.’”

Khimberly’s demise is now being investigated as a murder, however the LAPD’s Theft-Murder Division, Valley Bureau Part, acknowledged that no additional data might be launched as a result of the case entails juveniles.

The LAUSD additionally expressed its unhappiness on the demise. A GoFundMe web page has been arrange to assist with the household’s funeral and medical bills.

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