Eight Nevada high school students were arrested on murder charges this week in the death of a 17-year-old boy who was beaten unconscious during an after-school brawl this month, the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said.
The boy who was beaten, Jonathan Lewis Jr., a student at Rancho High School, died of his injuries days after the Nov. 1 attack, the Las Vegas Police Department said at a news conference on Tuesday.
The fight is believed to have started over a pair of stolen headphones, Lt. Jason Johansson of the Police Department said.
The students had planned to meet that day after classes in a back alley less than 300 feet from the campus, he said.
An investigation led the police to identify eight students from Rancho High School who were involved in the fight, Lieutenant Johansson said.
Persons:
Jonathan Lewis Jr, Jason Johansson, Johansson
Organizations:
Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department, Rancho High School, Las Vegas Police Department, Police Department
Locations:
Nevada