Las Vegas Teen Dead After Being Attacked By 15 Peers Outside School -- All Because He Stood Up For His Friend?!
14.11.2023 - 03:33
/ perezhilton.com
A family is mourning the loss of their teen son after he was reportedly attacked by 15 people outside of his high school.
On November 1, multiple outlets reported on a fight that occurred across the street from Rancho High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. The brawl allegedly involved 15 students, and, at the time, 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. remained in critical condition at the hospital. According to what his father, Jonathan Lewis Sr. (pictured above, left), wrote on the teen’s GoFundMe campaign, his son’s girlfriend told him the fight broke out when the teen tried to stand up for his “smaller friend.” So sad.
The Las Vegas Review Journal said it was around 2 p.m. when Lewis Jr. was found near the intersection of Searles Avenue and North 21st Street before he was rushed to the hospital. Greg Bostick, an eyewitness to the incident spoke to 8 News Now Las Vegas and described how he saw the victim getting “chest compressions” at the scene:
So awful…
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Sadly, after six days in the hospital, the father updated the campaign and said Jonathan Jr. ultimately succumbed to his injuries:
Heartbreaking. Just absolutely heartbreaking.
He spoke to LVRJ about the family’s reaction to their son’s passing, admitting they’re all “in shock” about it. He claimed there were originally two attackers who jumped on his son, but they “weren’t able to hurt him enough, and they all attacked him at once.”
Jonathan Sr. described his son in his GFM campaign as: “an aspiring artist, devoted big brother, and a fierce protector of love ones,” saying:
The grief-stricken parent also went on to tell KLAS-TV he hopes the teen’s tragic death will start a conversation about ongoing violence