Eight teenagers were arrested and charged with murder in the “senseless beating” of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. when authorities revealed Tuesday that the after-school fight in Las Vegas started over stolen headphones.
The eight suspects were detained and locked up in a juvenile facility after disturbing images of the brutal beating spread on social media in recent days, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said at a news conference.
Lewis died Nov. 7, less than a week after he was punched and kicked to the ground in an alley near Rancho High School.
The cause of his death was blunt force trauma and was classified as a homicide, authorities said during the news conference broadcast by the Las Vegas Review Journal.
The arrested teens, ages 13 to 17 and students at Rancho High School, were quickly identified from the graphic video, police said.
Two more unidentified suspects are still being sought.
Jonathan Lewis Jr. died earlier this month after being brutally beaten by a group of teenagers. GoFundMe.
Police did not name any of the arrested teens because of their age.
The initial fight on Nov. 1 between Lewis and an unidentified partner was over stolen wireless headphones and possibly a stolen vaporizer as a result of incidents earlier in the week, Las Vegas Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said.
The items were stolen from Lewis or one of his friends, police said.
According to police, the initial fight on Nov. 1 was over stolen wireless headphones and possibly a stolen vaporizer as a result of incidents earlier in the week. 8news
The victim’s father, also named Jonathan Lewis, previously said Lewis was defending one of his younger friends before the fatal melee.
“I love my children with all my heart, and it’s just unimaginable that we could get to this point,” Lewis’ father previously told 8 News Now.
After the first punch between Lewis and his partner, a mob of students surrounded him and pushed him to the ground, where they continued their assault, according to images posted online.
Johansson called the brutal attack “very inhumane” and “atrocious.”
Las Vegas police announced Tuesday that eight suspects were detained and booked into a juvenile facility. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department
He stressed that police have no evidence that the beating was a hate crime in response to speculation that the attack had a racial component.
The investigation is “far from over” as Las Vegas police are seeking the public’s help in identifying other attackers, Sheriff Andrew Walsh said.
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