8 teens arrested in fatal beating of Las Vegas high school student

[mahatmakanejeeves]

8 teens arrested in fatal beating of Las Vegas high school student

The suspects, arrested Tuesday morning, are ages 13 to 17, Las Vegas police said.

Nov. 14, 2023, 10:16 PM EST
By Dennis Romero

Eight teenagers were arrested Tuesday and booked on suspicion of murder in connection with the death of a 17-year-old who was fatally beaten near a Las Vegas high school this month, police said.

The eight, who were not publicly identified because they are minors, were part of a group of at least 10 people who punched, kicked and stomped Jonathan Lewis after school on the afternoon of Nov. 1, Las Vegas police officials said.

The suspects, who are ages 13 to 17, were booked on suspicion of murder, Undersheriff Andrew Walsh said at a news conference Tuesday afternoon. … He said the police department was urging that qualified suspects be charged as adults.

The beating took place near Rancho High School. Family members told police that Lewis was brain-dead Nov. 7 at a hospital and that they made plans that day to donate his organs, homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said.

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[stopdiggin]

1. this is probably not news to anybody

who is even halfway familiar ..
But the internet (Facebook, Insta, Youtube, X, all of it) is just swimming in 'beatdown' and 'thug' video. It's pervasive - and the younger crowd is virtually steeped and marinated in a toxic stew of the garbage. Can't figure out where U.S. teens are getting these ideas ... ? You're not paying attention.

[joshdawg]

2. 8 cowards!

nt

[KarenS]

3. terrible, just terrible.

There's a case here in Arizona of a High School student in Queen Creek beaten to death at a halloween party.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

4. 'Void of humanity': 8 teens arrested in 'heinous' beating death of Rancho teen, police say

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‘Void of humanity’: 8 teens arrested in ‘heinous’ beating death of Rancho teen, police say

By Brett Clarkson Las Vegas Review-Journal
November 14, 2023 - 4:02 pm

Eight teens between the ages of 13 and 17 have been arrested in the video-recorded fatal mob beating of a 17-year-old Rancho High School student, Las Vegas police announced Tuesday.

The killing of Jonathan Lewis Jr. was captured in a video that Metropolitan Police Department Lt. Jason Johansson described as “very graphic” and “very void of humanity.” ... The video shows about 10 people “kicking, stomping and punching our victim Jonathan as he’s on the ground, not defending himself” until he’s unconscious, Johansson said, calling the attack “heinous.”

“They’re extremely disturbing,” Undersheriff Andrew Walsh said of videos circulating that show the Nov. 1 fight. “This should be a reminder to all of us to have those difficult conversations with our children, and remind them that their actions have consequences.”

The eight teens will be charged with murder, Walsh said. ... Johansson said police were still looking for two people who were involved in the beating. He said police will be releasing additional images of the two people.

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Contact Brett Clarkson at [e-mail]. Review-Journal staff writers Katelyn Newberg and David Wilson and digital producer Marvin Clemons contributed to this report.