WILMINGTON, DELAWARE — A 16-year-old Delaware high school student died following a fight at school on Thursday.
Amy Inita Joyner-Francis, a 10th-grader at the Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, was attacked by a group of girls in a bathroom, witnesses told ABC affiliate WPVI.
Joyner-Francis entered a bathroom at the school at around 8 a.m., Delaware Online reported.
Joyner-Francis became involved in a confrontation with two other girls inside the bathroom, ABC News reported, citing a spokeswoman for Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams.
Students at the school told WPVI the fight was over a boy, with some saying Joyner-Francis was attacked by several other girls during the altercation.
Students posting comments on social media outlets claimed witnesses filmed the incident on their phones.
At about 8:30 a.m., Joyner-Francis was brought out of the school on a stretcher and flown to hospital, according to Delaware Online. She later died of her injuries in the hospital.
Police interviewed several people at the school and took two female students away for further questioning, Delaware Online reported.
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