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Tonight, las Vegas police have a 19 in custody for the murder of Jonathan Lewis, the 17 year old brutally beaten to death by his own classmates. According to police, a fight breaking out near the Rancho High School campus all over a pair of headphones and possibly a marijuana vape pen, according to police.

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It's just like absolute lunacy. It just looks like these kids are just have gone totally mad.

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The disturbing images of the beating circulating on social media. Fellow classmates, some as young as 13, kicking, pushing and stomping on Lewis, who was later discovered unconscious in an alleyway. The coroner listing the cause of death as blunt force trauma. Homicide police say they'll need help identifying one more person of interest seen in this picture provided by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police. Wearing a black hoodie and khaki pants, four of the teens involved, aged 16 and 17, appearing in court earlier this week, charged with second degree murder and set to be tried as adults. We are blurring the suspect's faces because they're minors. Robert Driskovich, an attorney for one of the teens, says he is, quote, concerned about the murder charge being levied against kids of such young ages.

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Violence is deep in power.

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Friends and family paying their respects to Lewis last night at an emotional vigil. Some friends he's known since 8th grade. We're here for what my mom said to get some closure for his death. His friend's ten year old brother visibly shaken, afraid something might happen to someone he loves. I just want my brother to be all right, honestly. The four teens arraigned in court on Tuesday were ordered to be held without bond at a juvenile detention facility. But the court doesn't release information on a plea entered by a minor. Regarding those other suspects who were under the age of 16. There's still a possibility that a judge might decide to try them as adults, given the gravity of the charges.

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