New videos show horrific moment 'gang of bullies' confront 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis and beat him t

Publish date: 2024-05-18

Disturbing new footage has captured the horrific moment Las Vegas teenager Jonathan Lewis was beaten to death. 

The 17-year-old was attacked by a mob of bullies in an alley way near Rancho High School on November 1, and later died from his injuries.

Last week, a Clark County grand jury indicted Dontral Beaver, 16; Damien Hernandez, 17; Treavion Randolph, 16; and Gianni Robinson, 17, in connection with his death, and while they claim self-defense, it is unclear if they have entered a formal plea at this time.

New footage obtained by 8 News Now, shows Lewis being carried to safety by a student and neighbor back to the high school after the savage attack. 

Another video shows Lewis being stomped on by the group as he attempts to defend himself from the assault, before being knocked unconscious. 

Lewis is seen here being stomped on by the group as he attempts to defend himself from the assault, before being knocked unconscious

Lewis is seen here being stomped on by the group as he attempts to defend himself from the assault, before being knocked unconscious

New footage obtained by 8 News Now , shows Lewis being carried to safety by a student and neighbor back to the high school after the savage attack

New footage obtained by 8 News Now , shows Lewis being carried to safety by a student and neighbor back to the high school after the savage attack

The four teens indicted last week, who are due back in court today, each face a second-degree murder charge, while five others are awaiting adult certification.

A 10th 'person of interest' remains at large, according to the outlet, with all of them being students at the school.  

The outlet reported that last week, a police officer told the grand jury: '[Robinson] said that he had been harassed by Jonathan before for stealing a wax pen or a marijuana vape or something to that respect and he was confronted by Jonathan and an adult female in regard to it.

'He said nothing became of it, he proved that he didn't have it, he showed them a bunch of money saying that hey I don't need to steal anything, I have money on my own, and he kind of thought that was the end of it.'

The officer also added that a friend of Lewis' was armed with a knife, and was 'slicing and slashing' everybody. 

That friend is also seen in the new footage being chased and assaulted by the group.

A school official told the grand jury that a neighbor and a student had to carry Lewis back to the school for aid. 

Referring to the new footage, the teenager's father Jonathan Lewis Sr. told 8 news now: 'I call upon the world to ask ourselves is this who want to become? Is this who we want to be? Can we be better than this? 

Jonathan Lewis, 17, died in the hospital days after he was viciously attacked by a group of around 10 other teenagers on November 1

Jonathan Lewis, 17, died in the hospital days after he was viciously attacked by a group of around 10 other teenagers on November 1 

Dontral Beaver, 16 Gianni Robinson, 17

Dontral Beaver, 16 (left), and Gianni Robinson, 17, were arrested alongside six others accused of attacking Lewis

Damien Hernandez, 17 Treavion Randolph, 16

Damien Hernandez, 17 (left), and Treavion Randolph, 16 (right), have both been charged with murder as adults

'Can we find a way to help guide these children by not fighting as adults because that's where they learn this behavior from.

'We [want to] make sure we don't just let this get swept under the rug and act like this is normal behavior, we can never rationalize this madness.'

Lewis was hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries and died a week later, according to the coroner´s office in Las Vegas. 

The teen was put on life support at University Medical Center, where he died after doctors made several attempts to save his life. 

A previous 911 call revealed how the female caller had said the beaten teen had been 'dragged from the apartments over to the school, they carried him over here.'

'There is bleeding on his head, he has a bump on his head and scratched on his elbows,' they continued. 'He's bleeding from his nose, and his face is turning blue.'

The caller reportedly noted that school staff including the on-campus nurse attended to Lewis and attempted CPR.

Lewis was hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries and died a week later

Lewis was hospitalized with severe head trauma and other injuries and died a week later 

Flowers were left at the scene with a poignant message on one bouquet reading: 'You are a hero!!!'

Flowers were left at the scene with a poignant message on one bouquet reading: 'You are a hero!!!'

Apart from Hernandez, who received a citation in 2021 for smoking marijuana in public, none of the four charged with murder have any sort of criminal record. 

In Nevada, a teenager facing a murder charge can be charged as an adult if they were 13 or older at the time of the alleged crime. 

In the weeks following his death, a small memorial sprung up in the trash-littered alley bordered by apartment buildings and a sober living home. 

Students, teachers and staff were left to grapple with how a conflict over a stolen vape pen and a pair of wireless headphones escalated.

'The trauma, quite frankly, extends beyond the young man´s family,' said psychology teacher Isaac Barron, a councilman in neighboring North Las Vegas. 'It´s going to run deep, and there´s no magic wand to solve this.'

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