LAPD investigating 12-year-old girl’s death after bully-related attack at Reseda school

A Los Angeles Police Department investigation is underway into the death of a 12-year-old girl who succumbed to injuries sustained when she was hit in the head with a metal water bottle during an alleged bullying incident at Reseda Charter High School.

Khimberly Zavaleta was struck on Feb. 17 in a hallway at the campus — which includes grades 6-12 — as she stepped in to defend her sister, who was being bullied by other students, relatives said.

She was sent home after being treated at a hospital...