Four teenagers accused of taking part in the rampage that killed classmate Jonathan Lewis near their Las Vegas high school made their first appearance in adult court on Friday, days after police called the viral attack “absolutely inhumane.”
Dontral Beaver, 16; Gianni Robinson, 17; and Damien Hernandez, 17, and Treavion Randolph, 16, face murder charges in connection with Lewis’ Nov. 7 death.
Randolph had just turned 16 on the day of the fatal beating, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
The four teenagers will face their judgment together.
Lewis was brutally beaten near Rancho High School on Nov. 1 when he got into a fight with an unnamed peer over a set of wireless headphones, which were allegedly stolen from him or one of his friends, Las Vegas Homicide Lt. Jason Johansson said during a press conference Tuesday.
17-year-old suspect Damien Hernandez.8 Current News 17-year-old suspect Gianni Robinson.8 Current News
After the first punch was thrown, a group of students surrounded Lewis, pushed him to the ground and viciously beat the teenager in an attack Johansson described as “extremely inhumane” and “vile.”
Lewis died of blunt force trauma on November 7
His family shared earlier this month that Lewis had stood up for a friend who was being bullied.
16-year-old suspect Treavion Randolph.8 Current News Suspect 16-year-old Dontral Beaver.8 Current News
“One of his smaller friends had something stolen by this group of 15, and they threw the little boy in the trash, and our son confronted them and he was attacked,” according to a GoFundMe page set up by his family.
The Las Vegas Metro Police Department and the FBI identified 10 of the suspects from the Lewis beating death video and arrested eight of the suspects on Tuesday.
The four undecided suspects, who range in age from 13 to 17, are currently in the juvenile court system while they wait to be certified to enter the adult court system to face possible murder charges.
Jonathan Lewis, 17, died about two weeks after being attacked by a mob outside Rancho High School in Las Vegas.NewsNation he lay helpless on the ground .8newsnow
In Nevada, a case is automatically transferred to the adult system if a 16-year-old or 17-year-old is charged with murder, which is referred to in the court system as certification.
A Judge can certify children 14 and older as adults for any criminal offense, including murder, although the process is not automatic, according to the outlet.
LVMPD is asking for the public’s help in identifying two more suspects who were not arrested earlier this week, urging anyone to contact either the homicide department or Crime Stoppers with tips.
Lewis was taken to hospital and put on life support after the attack but died a week later.GoFundMe.
“I know there are still two outstanding juveniles, we have four still in the juvenile system that cannot be filed directly,” Clark County Deputy District Attorney Shanon Clowers-Sanborn said Friday.
Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson told 8 News Now that other videos of the beating, which are not currently circulating online, show a more gruesome angle of the attack that led to Lewis’ death.
“At the end of the day, a young man was brutally murdered, and I believe that some of these teenagers will be held accountable,” Wolfson told The Las Vegas Review-Journal earlier this week.
Wolfson is the prosecutor who wants to prosecute the teenager suspected of beating Lewis to death as an adult.
Beaver, Robinson, and Hernandez are scheduled to appear in court again on Nov. 21.
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