Unfortunately, eight people have been arrested and charged with murder after a Pittsburgh Steelers player was beaten to death for trying to…
Following their arrest, eight people are expected to face murder charges in relation to the death of a high school student in Las Vegas.
The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department states that the eight teenagers are all between the ages of 13 and 17. It is thought that each of them had a hand in the beating that killed Jonathan Lewis Jr.
Officers with the LVMPD say they responded to a report of a fight in an alleyway close to Rancho High School on November 1. On witness video, a gang of roughly fifteen people can be seen repeatedly punching and kicking Lewis while he was on the ground.
An update on the investigation into Jonathan Lewis Jr.’s death is given by Las Vegas police (KSNV)
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After Lewis and a friend went to confront someone in the alley who they claimed had stolen a marijuana vape pen and a pair of wireless headphones from the friend, the beating started. Lewis Jr.’s girlfriend claimed in a statement on a GoFundMe page created by the victim’s father that one of the people in the alley threw the friend—who was smaller in stature—into a trash can. This altercation set off the fight, which culminated in Lewis being transported to University Medical Center and given life support due to his serious injuries.
He died the following day, November 7, after being deemed brain dead. Homicide blunt force trauma was the cause of death, according to an autopsy performed on Monday.
Because of the potentially fatal and life-threatening nature of Lewis Jr.’s injuries, members of the Las Vegas police department had been looking into the attack as a possible homicide from the beginning.
Working with troubled youth, Jonathan Lewis Sr. has established a foundation named “Team Jonathan” and is urging the community to take action.
