Posted on 11/11/2023 4:23:58 PM PST by Drew68
A Las Vegas teenager beaten by a group of about 15 people near Rancho High School last week died on Tuesday, according to his father.
Jonathan Lewis Sr. said Friday that son Jonathan Lewis Jr., 17, died while at University Medical Center for treatment for injuries he suffered in the fight.
“We’re all just trying to process this,” said Lewis, 38, by phone. “The whole family is in shock.”
From what he understands, the altercation happened after “Jonathan stood up for one of his smaller friends,” Lewis said.
“A couple (of people) attacked him, and they weren’t able to hurt him enough, and they all attacked him at once,” he said.
Lewis Jr. was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries on Nov. 1 after police officers found him about 2:05 p.m. bleeding from the head off of Searles Avenue and North 21st Street. The cross streets are about half a block east of Rancho High, reported the Metropolitan Police Department, which has not yet publicly identified the victim of the attack.
The child had been in a fight involving about 15 people and was taken to UMC while in critical condition, police said.
Police are working to identify who took part in the beating. No arrests were reported as of Friday.
Lewis, an electrician, declined to comment about the police investigation into the brawl. The family has not yet made funeral arrangements for his son, he said.
In an email, Lewis described his son as “a loving, giving, kind, fierce young man who loved community and caring for others.”
Lewis Jr. was a Las Vegas native with family ties to the city that extend 50 years, according to his father.
A video purporting to show the Nov. 1 fight circulated on social media this month.
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Complete with the victim's 6th grade picture and his sobbing grandmother giving commentary.
Just sent $50 to the gofundme...can’t even imagine the grief his family is dealing with. I have lived in Las Vegas for the last 15 years and have seen the violience steadily ramp up year after year. I moved from Detroit to Vegas and am not noticing much difference.
I no longer care about abortion as an issue at all.
I'm tired of handing the country over to communists in a quixotic crusade to prevent mostly single black women from aborting their children.
15 to one is not a fight.
Derbyshire Rules....
Avoid concentrations of blacks not all known to you personally.
Stay out of heavily black neighborhoods.
If planning a trip to a beach or amusement park at some date, find out whether it is likely to be swamped with blacks on that date (neglect of that one got me the closest I have ever gotten to death by gunshot).
Do not attend events likely to draw a lot of blacks.
hate crime
should be death penalty for all of them
Tribe
John Derbyshire was fired from the National Review over this piece.
But it's 100% spot on.
Whatever you do, don’t home-school your children. For how then would they become “socialized”?
It absolutely is not. Heartbreaking....RIP.
I've been implacably pro-life for decades. I've marched in protests and once took part in blocking an abortuary under threat if arrest. I give regularly to a pro-life organization.
But, this is making me think. And think hard.
BARBARIANS
I’m over it. Liberals are horrible parents anyway. Let them abort.
It terrifies me that I’m very close to agreeing with you and Drew 100%.
Long time ago, a wise doctor told me: Some people are plagued with health problems, and some live long lives. And one has nothing to do with the other.
I think it's a necessary evil. And it should be up to the state to legalize it. If all 50 states want to legalize abortion, so be it.
I’m now of the mind that I would not oppose those ferals from killing their spawn. If they choose to abort, it is no matter to me.
Exactly.
And Miss Lindsey knew exactly what she was doing when she floated that Federal Abortion ban.
I am with you 100%. The abortion issue is the main reason we lose elections. Let them have their abortions.
Yep.
Doesn’t advance the narrative and shows that it’s based on a foundation of lies.
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