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A memorial for Jonathan Lewis Jr. is set up in an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas, on Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. Authorities have arrested at least eight students in connection with the beating of Lewis, who died a week after a prearranged fight broke out over a pair of headphones and a vape pen. (AP Photo/Ty O'Neil)

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A Las Vegas high school grapples with how a feud over stolen items escalated into a fatal beating
By RIO YAMAT - Associated Press
Wed,11/22/23-12:29AM , 66 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Students at a Las Vegas high school had gone home for the day when an urgent message was broadcast from the intercom: A defibrillator was needed near one of the classrooms.
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A makeshift memorial for a high school student lines a fence along an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Authorities arrested eight teens Tuesday in connection with the beating of Jonathan Lewis Jr., who died a week after a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)

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4 Las Vegas high school students charged with murder as adults in classmate's fatal beating
By RIO YAMAT - Associated Press
Tue,11/21/23-11:58AM , 389 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with murder in the deadly beating of their schoolmate, a fight that was captured on cellphone video and has been widely shared across socia
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A makeshift memorial for a high school student lines a fence along an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Authorities arrested eight teens Tuesday in connection with the beating of Jonathan Lewis Jr., who died a week after a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)

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Judge orders Las Vegas high schoolers held on no bail in classmate's deadly beating
By RIO YAMAT - Associated Press
Fri,11/17/23-11:55AM , 58 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Four of the eight Las Vegas high school students accused of beating their schoolmate to death in an alley around the corner from campus made their first appearances Friday in the adult court system.
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A makeshift memorial for a high school student lines a fence along an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2023. Authorities arrested eight teens Tuesday in connection with the beating of Jonathan Lewis Jr., who died a week after a prearranged fight over a pair of headphones and a vape pen. (AP Photo/Rio Yamat)

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Eight Las Vegas high schoolers face murder charges in their classmate's death. Here's what we know
By RIO YAMAT - Associated Press
Thu,11/16/23-4:14PM , 80 Reads
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Eight Las Vegas high school students between the ages of 13 and 17 years old were arrested on murder charges in the beating death of a schoolmate that was captured on cellphone video and widely share across social media.
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