Teen Commits Suicide After Being Bullied

[Jamie D]

Gay New Mexico Teen Commits Suicide After Reportedly Being Bullied By Classmates

A gay New Mexico teen reportedly commit suicide after being subjected to intense bullying from his classmates.

Seventeen-year-old Carlos Vigil posted a note to Twitter before he decided to take his own life. Segments of that note have been cited by the Latin Post, the Daily Mail and Queerty, among other media outlets.

The New York Daily News reports that Vigil, who would have been a senior at Albuquerque's Valley High School this fall, was taken off of life support at the University of New Mexico Hospital on July 16.

Meanwhile, Carlos' mother Jacqueline Vigil told local news channel KRQE 13 that her son had been bullied since he was at least 8 years old.

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