Las Vegas Teen Beaten to Death by Mob of 15 After Standing Up for Smaller Friend

Seventeen-year-old Jonathan Lewis (pictured above) was beaten to death by a mob of 15 just blocks away from his high school after standing up for smaller friend whom the mob had put into a trash can.

KLAS reported that Lewis was beaten on November 1, 2023, and died on November 7.

The New York Post quoted Lewis’s father saying, “One of his smaller friends had something stolen by this group of 15, and they threw the small boy in the trash can, and our son confronted them and he was attacked.”

Responding officers found Lewis on the ground, “bleeding from his head” following the attack.

Video of the incident is disturbing, as it shows Lewis being hit and kicked over and over again during the attack:

WARNING: The following video is graphic. 

Heavy reported that on Tuesday, November 7, 2023–the day Lewis died–his father wrote, “Today at 11:26 am my son was pronounced dead he will always be so loved as his dad I’ll forever hold him in my heart, shine even brighter, love even more and work all my life to bring peace into this world.”

Some are calling for hate crime charges in Lewis’s death, as he was white and his attackers appear to be black. But KLAS noted that the investigation into the incident is still in its earliest stages, with the Las Vegas Homicide Unit examining the crime.

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