Denver Mom Says Her Nine-Year-Old Boy Killed Himself After Homophobic Bullying at School

A nine-year-old boy in Denver, Colorado took his own life last week after being bullied by classmates for coming out as gay.

Leia Pierce found her son, Jamel Myles, in their home on Thursday, just four days after he had come out as gay to his classmates at the beginning of the new school year, Denver-based KDVR reports. Jamel reportedly told Pierce's older daughter that his classmates had reacted to his disclosure with cruelty, telling him to "kill himself.