12 y/o boy commits suicide, bullied for being cheerleader
Tragedy as boy, 12, kills himself after 'he was bullied for being the only male cheerleader on an all girl team'
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Ronin Shimizu took his life on Wednesday afternoon
Friends say the boy had been bullied for being the school's only male cheerleader; he recently left to be home schooled
District officials confirmed that his parents had gone to the school with multiple complaints but said that they had been dealt with
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Friends said that bullies called him 'gay' for cheerleading but that he loved being part of the team
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On Thursday night, friends and their parents gathered outside the Shimizu home to hold a quiet candle light vigil.
'I heard that people called him gay because he was a cheerleader,' one of his teammates told CBS Sacramento at the vigil.
Ronin was the only male cheerleader with the Vista Junior Eagles Cheer Team.
Journalists try not to put that information on articles, afraid of influencing suicidal people into thinking of new ways of committing or so I've read.
