Police identify student found dead in Acton high school
Authorities are investigating the death of Jeremiah Finton Lasater, 14, as a suicide. He was found in a boys' restroom with a gunshot wound to the head.
Coroner's officials today identified Jeremiah Finton Lasater as the 14-year-old student who appears to have committed suicide at Vasquez High School in Acton.
Lasater was found dead Monday in a boys' restroom at the school at 33630 Red Rover Mine Road.
"The cause of death is a gunshot wound to the head," said Ed Winter, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County coroner's office. "The case is being investigated as a possible suicide."
No one else was in the bathroom at the time, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. His body was discovered later by students, said Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore.
About 300 students and parents attended a candlelight vigil at the school Monday night to remember Lasater, local news reports said. Parents told broadcasters the boy had been teased and bullied.
School officials did not immediately return calls seeking comment.
Zavis is a Times staff writer.
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