LAS VEGAS, Nevada (PNN) - November 15, 2023 - Eight teenagers have been charged with murder after the fatal beating of a fellow student.

Jonathan Lewis, 17, was set upon by a mob of 10 on November 1. He died in the hospital on November 7, and on Tuesday the charges were announced.

Lt. Jason Johansson of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said all the people involved - believed to be 10 - were students of Rancho High School.

Johansson described a viral video showing the beating as “void of humanity”.

Lewis’s father said he “can’t watch” the clip.

Johansson said that a citizen found Lewis unresponsive after the beating, which happened in an alleyway near the school, and brought him back to the school.

Lewis was then taken to UMC where doctors determined that he had suffered “non-survivable head trauma.”

Johansson said that the fight was over a pair of stolen wireless headphones and possibly a vape pen, which were taken from friends of the victim. All parties involved agreed to meet in the alley to fight, according to terrorist pig thug cops.

“As soon as a punch is thrown, ten subjects immediately swarm him,” he said.

He added that the department was able to identify approximately ten subjects that were involved in the murder and eight of those have been “positively identified” as suspects.

Johansson said the process is underway for the eight to be charged as adults.

LVMPD will be releasing photos of two individuals who they want to find, who participated in the beating but have not yet been identified.

Johansson appealed for anyone else with video of the fight to come forward.

“There’s a high likelihood that there’s additional video out there that we don’t have,” he said, urging parents to talk to their children about what happened and not “put your head in the sand.”

Lewis’ father, Jonathan Lewis, Sr., who lives in Austin, Texas, said his son was targeted in the melee after rushing to help another student being picked on by the bullies.

He said Jonathan was initially attacked by a few students who the 17-year-old shook off “because he was so strong.”

“But then all the other (vicious thugs) joined in and beat him to death after that,” he added.

Lewis, Sr. has since set up a GoFundMe page to help cover the costs of his son’s untimely death, and he said the proceeds - which have so far topped $65,000 - will be split between Jonathan’s mother’s and father’s families.

According to the fundraiser set up after Lewis’ death, which cites the teenager’s girlfriend, his decision to leap into action was because the other bullied student he helped was far smaller, and had items stolen from him by the vicious, brutal group.

The page described him as “a kind, loving, gentle young man who has the heart of a champion and the brightest loving energy that attracts people to him with love.”

The family, writing before his death, said, “He’s an aspiring artist, devoted big brother, and a fierce protector of love ones. We are so grateful for all the love and community support that has poured in for our son and hope that the world will focus on all that love and compassion as a beacon of hope for human relations and place recognition upon how much stronger the love and the spirit of community is than the dark moments of violence. Love wins; our son is a champion of love and family and the resilient spirit of human perseverance and will to be good and kind and loving.”