Huntsville school officials knew Nigel Shelby was suicidal, lawsuit says
Updated Apr 13, 2021;
Posted Apr 13, 2021
Nigel Shelby, 15, died by suicide in April, 2019. His family has hired a prominent civil rights attorney to investigate the school system s treatment of their son.
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The family of Nigel Shelby, the 15-year-old boy who took his own life in 2019, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday against Huntsville City Schools as well as the city of Huntsville alleging school officials failed to stop him from being bullied because he was openly gay and that bullying led to his suicide.
The lawsuit also maintains that Huntsville school administrators knew that Shelby was considering suicide and took no action.