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Eight students are charged with MURDER over fatal bully beating of Jonathan Lewis, 17, two weeks ago in Las Vegas: Cops say teens organized back-alley brawl over stolen headphones and vape
Daily Mail UK ^ | November 14, 2023 | Harriet Alexander

Posted on 11/14/2023 6:50:11 PM PST by Morgana

Eight teenagers have been charged with murder after the fatal beating of a fellow student, who agreed to fight the group in a row over stolen wireless 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 charges were announced.

Lt. Jason Johansson of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said all the people involved — believed to be 10 — were students of Rancho High School.

Johansson described a viral video showing the beating as 'void of humanity'.

Lewis's father said he 'can't watch' the clip.

Johansson said that a citizen found Lewis unresponsive after the beating, which happened in an alleyway near the school, and brought him back to the school.

Lewis was then taken to UMC where doctors determined that he had suffered 'non-survivable head trauma,' Fox 5 Vegas reported.

Johansson said that the fight was over a pair of stolen wireless headphones and possibly a vape pen, which were taken from friends of the victim. All parties involved agreed to meet in the alley to fight, according to police.

'As soon as a punch is thrown, ten subjects immediately swarm him,' he said.

He added that the department was able to identify approximately ten subjects that were involved in the murder and eight of those have been 'positively identified' as suspects.

Johansson said the process is underway for the eight to be charged as adults.

LVMPD will be releasing photos of two individuals who they want to find, who participated in the beating but have not yet been identified.

Johansson appealed for anyone else with video of the fight to come forward.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: itsalwaysthem; jonathanlewis; lasvegas
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To: dfwgator

“I’m confused, one person agreed to fight 10 people? That cannot be right.”

It is not right. Most likely it was to be one-on-one but he got jumped.


21 posted on 11/14/2023 7:12:37 PM PST by TexasGator
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To: TexasGator

Birds of a feather flock together.


22 posted on 11/14/2023 7:14:18 PM PST by Morgana ( Always a bit of truth in dark humor.)
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To: House Atreides

All parties involved agreed to meet means all members of the Goon Squad agreed with the other Goons to meet and attack.


23 posted on 11/14/2023 7:23:41 PM PST by lee martell
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To: Morgana

So do I. I thought there were at least 15 sons of Obeyme attacking.


24 posted on 11/14/2023 7:26:42 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Don’t forget Gyorgy Schwartz!


25 posted on 11/14/2023 7:27:06 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Or crucify them!


26 posted on 11/14/2023 7:30:27 PM PST by No name given (Anonymous is who you’ll know me as )
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To: Morgana

They’ll do hardly any time at all. But if it was a white mob killing a black like this? They’d never see the light of day again.


27 posted on 11/14/2023 7:32:01 PM PST by Bullish (...And just like that, I was dropped from the ping-list)
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To: DesertRhino

You might want to slow down and read what you post before you post it. It says the items were taken from friends of the victims by the gang. Not sure how you concluded it said the opposite.


28 posted on 11/14/2023 7:35:18 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Morgana

‘Yutes’ the other Amish


29 posted on 11/14/2023 7:37:38 PM PST by Kartographer (“We MutualBetter ly Pledge To Each Other Our Lives, Our Fortunes And Our Sacred Honor”)
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To: DesertRhino

I remember seeing that a smaller friend of the deceased had been the original target. The deceased stepped in for him.


30 posted on 11/14/2023 7:38:38 PM PST by gundog (It was a bright cold eday in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: slapshot
Pavement Apes. Reminds me of a fire chief near our old neighborhood in Orange City, NY who got in a bit of trouble for referring to the mostly peaceful BLM rioters in such a fashion. Amazingly after being suspended for a couple of weeks he was reinstated
31 posted on 11/14/2023 7:39:18 PM PST by Impala64ssa (EVERY TIME A HEMI STARTS, AN EV DIES!)
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To: Carl Vehse

While there is plenty of evidence for assault and murder charges, sSlo far there is no evidence for a “hate crime” charge. Do you think this mob would not do the same thing to a black kid, a hispanic kid, or anyone else who tried to stand up to them on behalf of a friend?
I don’t see any reason to assume they wouldn’t mob anybody with just as much enthusiasm as they did this one.


32 posted on 11/14/2023 7:44:40 PM PST by piasa (Attitude adjustments offered here free of charge)
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To: Morgana

Surprised that they arrested any of them, let alone for murder.


33 posted on 11/14/2023 7:45:17 PM PST by Eagles6 (Welcome to the Matrix . Orwell's "1984" was a warning, not an instruction manual.)
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To: Morgana

I had read that there were at least 12.


34 posted on 11/14/2023 7:46:09 PM PST by MayflowerMadam (As God's children, we live on promises, not explanations - Wiersbe)
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To: DesertRhino

No the items were stolen from friends of the victim.


35 posted on 11/14/2023 7:47:17 PM PST by Engedi
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To: freedomjusticeruleoflaw

Actually started back with Obama, BLM, riots, they were allowed to do whatever they wanted. It was racist for police to intervene.


36 posted on 11/14/2023 7:48:38 PM PST by Engedi
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To: Morgana
I did not expect any arrests, let alone prosecution for murder.

I was wrong. There seems to be actual rule of law in this case.

Good for the police and the DA office! Keep doing that work.

37 posted on 11/14/2023 8:01:06 PM PST by flamberge (We are living in those "interesting times" the elders warned us about.)
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To: Morgana

Sons of obama


38 posted on 11/14/2023 8:44:58 PM PST by inchworm (al )
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To: dfwgator

Not covering for anyone, but maybe the agreement was for the victim to fight only one guy from the group of thugs.
You know, our best vs. your best. West Side Story. Maybe the thugs guy was losing and so the thugs mobbed the victim. They all deserve the death penalty anyway.


39 posted on 11/14/2023 11:49:00 PM PST by Getready (Wisdom is more valuable than gold and harder to find.)
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To: Morgana
It's them again!
40 posted on 11/14/2023 11:51:54 PM PST by jonrick46 (Leftniks chase illusions of motherships at the end of the pier.)
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