A team of Denver Public Schools crisis counselors is meeting with children at Joe Shoemaker Elementary School on Monday after a 9-year-old student killed himself, authorities say.

The Denver Coroner’s Office confirmed that Jamel Myles died by suicide on Thursday, according to spokesman Steve Castro.

“My child died because of bullying. My baby killed himself,” Leia Pierce, the boy’s mother, told The Denver Post on Monday. “He didn’t deserve this. He wanted to make everybody happy even when he wasn’t. I want him back so bad.”

Pierce said her son came out as gay this summer and began wearing fake fingernails on Aug. 20, the first day at school. Pierce found Jamel’s body on Thursday and tried unsuccessfully to revive her son.

Jamel was a fourth grader at Shoemaker Elementary, DPS spokesman Will Jones said Monday.

“It’s always tough when a little one takes his life,” Jones said. “We have our crisis team there.”

School district grief counselors are meeting with students, teachers, school staff and anyone who is hurting, he said. Teachers plan to call parents of other fourth and fifth graders after school on Monday to speak with them about what happened, he added.

“Fourth and fifth grade teachers at Shoemaker are creating a space for students to share how they are feeling and to process their emotions after hearing this news,” Jones said. “Teachers are also letting students know about the DPS crisis team members on hand to meet their social-emotional needs.”

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School Principal Christine Fleming sent letters to families of Shoemaker Elementary students about the tragedy, Jones said. On Monday, she opened a classroom for parents to come in and speak with school officials about what happened.

During the summer, Jamel told his mother he was gay while curled up in the back seat of the family car, she said.

“He was scared because he is a boy and it’s harder on boys when they come out,” Pierce said. “I smiled at him and said, ‘I still loved him.’ This world is missing out.”

Pierce’s oldest daughter told her that other children had told Jamel to kill himself after he came out as gay. She never heard about the taunting until after his death.

Jamel loved Pokemon cards, robots, music and wearing a dress with a tiara and high-heeled shoes, his mother said.

“I’m dead inside. He was beautiful. He was magic. I lost my greatest gift,” she said.

Pierce said her son was a considerate child who had dreams of becoming a social media star.

“He said, ‘Mom, I want to be a famous YouTube star so I could buy you a new house,'” Pierce said. “He was the kindest soul.”