Four Las Vegas High School Students Indicted as Adults in Schoolmate's Murder
Charges include second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit battery, with nine students arrested so far in connection with the attack.
- Four high school students in Las Vegas have been indicted as adults on second-degree murder charges in the deadly beating of their schoolmate, Jonathan Lewis Jr., in November.
- The indictment also charges the teenagers with conspiracy to commit battery, a gross misdemeanor.
- Nine students have so far been arrested in connection with the attack, with investigators still searching for a 10th suspect.
- The beating, which was captured on cellphone video and widely shared across social media, unfolded after school in an alleyway near Rancho High School.
- The incident reportedly escalated from a conflict over a stolen vape pen and a pair of wireless headphones.