Nex Benedict, whose family and friends say identified as nonbinary, died February 8, a day after they told their family they were involved in a fight with others at Owasso High School.
Body camera video from February 7 shows an Owasso police officer interacting with Nex and their guardian, Sue Benedict, in a hospital after the fight in a school bathroom between two groups of students.
Nex eventually got thrown onto the ground and the other students proceeded to beat them up, Nex says in the video.
Another video shows Nex being escorted by the school’s security officer to the nurse’s office and then to the principal’s office.
Benedict says Nex is “not doing good at all” and was breathing, but their eyes were rolling back.
Persons:
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Organizations:
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Locations:
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