A 16-year-old girl died after a fight with other students in a high school restroom in Delaware, spurring an outpouring of grief and soul-searching on social media on Thursday.
The victim, a 10th grader from New Castle, Del., who attended the Howard High School of Technology in Wilmington, was in a girls restroom on the main floor at about 8:15 a.m., just as classes began, the school said in a statement.
A few female students were involved in a physical altercation, and the victim was seriously hurt, the school said. She was taken by helicopter to Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children, where she died. No weapons were involved in the fight, officials said.