By Harriet Alexander and Will Potter For Dailymail.Com
01:11 15 Nov 2023, up to date 02:11 15 Nov 2023
- Jonathan Lewis was severely overwhelmed on November 1 close to Rancho Excessive College, and died in hospital on November 7
- {The teenager} was set upon by 10 fellow college students after he organized to combat them: on Tuesday, Vegas police mentioned eight teenagers aged 13-17 have been charged
- LVMPD Lt. Jason Johansson mentioned all video of the connect was ‘void of humanity’: the confrontation was sparked by an argument over headphones
Eight youngsters have been charged with homicide after the deadly beating of a fellow pupil, who agreed to combat the group in a row over stolen wi-fi headphones.
Jonathan Lewis, 17, was set upon by a mob of 10 on November 1. He died in hospital on November 7, and on Tuesday the costs had been introduced.
Lt. Jason Johansson of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division mentioned all of the individuals concerned — believed to be 10 — had been college students of Rancho Excessive College.
Johansson described a viral video displaying the beating as ‘void of humanity’.
Lewis’s father mentioned he ‘cannot watch’ the clip.
Johansson mentioned {that a} citizen discovered Lewis unresponsive after the beating, which occurred in an alleyway close to the varsity, and introduced him again to the varsity.
Lewis was then taken to UMC the place medical doctors decided that he had suffered ‘non-survivable head trauma,’ Fox 5 Vegas reported.
Johansson mentioned that the combat was over a pair of stolen wi-fi headphones and probably a vape pen, which had been taken from buddies of the sufferer. All events concerned agreed to satisfy within the alley to combat, in accordance with police.
‘As quickly as a punch is thrown, ten topics instantly swarm him,’ he mentioned.
He added that the division was capable of determine roughly ten topics that had been concerned within the homicide and eight of these have been ‘positively recognized’ as suspects.
Johansson mentioned the method is underway for the eight to be charged as adults.
LVMPD shall be releasing images of two people who they need to discover, who participated within the beating however haven’t but been recognized.
Johansson appealed for anybody else with video of the combat to return ahead.
‘There is a excessive chance that there is extra video on the market that we do not have,’ he mentioned, urging dad and mom to speak to their kids about what occurred and never ‘put your head within the sand’.
Lewis’ father, Jonathan Lewis Sr, who lives in Austin, Texas, mentioned his son was focused within the melee after dashing to assist one other pupil being picked on by the bullies.
He mentioned Jonathan was initially attacked by a couple of college students who the 17-year-old shook off ‘as a result of he was so robust.’
‘However then all the opposite youngsters joined in and beat him to demise after that,’ he added to NewsNation.
Lewis Sr has since arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist cowl the prices of his son’s premature demise, and he mentioned the proceeds – which has topped $65,000 – shall be cut up between Jonathan’s mom’s and father’s households.
Based on the fundraiser arrange after Lewis’ demise, which cites the teenager’s girlfriend, his determination to leap into motion was as a result of the opposite bullied pupil he helped was far smaller, and had objects stolen from him by the group.
The web page described him as ‘a form, loving, mild younger man who has the center of a champion and the brightest loving vitality that pulls individuals to him with love.’
The household, writing earlier than his demise, mentioned: ‘He is an aspiring artist, devoted huge brother, and a fierce protector of affection ones!
‘We’re so grateful for all of the love and neighborhood help that has poured in for our son and hope that the world will concentrate on all that love and compassion as a beacon of hope for human relations and place recognition upon how a lot stronger the love and the spirit of neighborhood is than the darkish moments of violence.
‘Love wins our son is a champion of affection and household and the resilient spirit of human perseverance and can to be good and sort and loving!’
