The Los Angeles County medical examiner determined the death of 16-year-old Shaylee Mejia was caused by an accidental fall down stairs, not a school fight.
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Shaylee Mejia's death is listed as an "accident" from a prior "blunt force trauma," with investigators looking at reports the teen fell down some stairs at a party the night she was hospitalized.
The LA deputy medical examiner has ruled her death an accident caused by sequelae of blunt head trauma - but her mom Maria Juarez has blamed a violent fight caught on camera days before.
Shaylee Mejia, 16, died days after a fight at Manual Arts High School in South Los Angeles. Her mother says school officials failed to respond to dangerous bullying.