On a fundraising page created to help with funeral and medical costs, the victim’s father, Jonathan Lewis Sr., said that his son was attacked while standing up for his friend. Jason Johansson said they believe the headphones and vape pen had been stolen from the victim’s friend earlier in the week, which resulted in the students agreeing to meet in the alleyway to fight.ĭetectives think the victim wasn’t originally targeted for the brawl, but he walked to the alleyway with his friend after school, Johansson said.

“I'll be going through all the videos with my investigator to see what really happened,” he said. Robert Draskovich, who has been appointed to represent one of the 17-year-old students, said Tuesday that videos of the fight shared on social media are “incomplete.” Police records show that one of them turned 16 on the day of the fight. That’s why a judge last week transferred the cases of the four older students. Teenagers 16 or older accused of murder in Nevada can be charged as adults without first having a certification hearing. But they are entitled to a hearing known as a certification hearing, when a family court judge weighs evidence and the teen's history before deciding whether they will be transferred to the adult court system. In Nevada, a teenager accused of murder can be charged as an adult if they were 13 or older at the time of the alleged crime. Lewis was hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries and died a week later, according to the coroner’s office in Las Vegas. He called the video “very void of humanity” and said the victim was not defending himself as he was being attacked. Jason Johansson said the video of the brawl shows the victim taking off his shirt to prepare for the fight, and then the 10 students “immediately swarm him, pull him to the ground and begin kicking, punching and stomping on him.” DHS-VINE is a free, confidential service that. Attorneys are required to e-file in this county others are. Police are searching for two additional suspects who were seen in a video of the incident that was shared online. Welcome to the Department of Homeland Security Victim Information Notification Exchange (DHS-VINE) homepage. Find case information and some documents at mycase.in.gov E-file a case. Las Vegas police say eight teenagers were arrested in connection to the fatal beating of Jonathan Lewis, a 17-year-old student at Rancho High School.

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