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4 youngsters fees as adults with the homicide of fellow pupil Jonathan Lewis have had their mugshots launched by police, forward of their subsequent court docket look.
Lewis, 17, had agreed to a combat in an alley exterior Rancho Excessive Faculty in Las Vegas in a row over stolen wi-fi headphones and a vape pen.
He was set upon by a mob on November 1, in a combat filmed and shared on social media, and was taken to hospital with extreme head accidents: he died on November 7.
Eight have been arrested and can all be tried as adults.
4 of them, aged 13-17, stay in juvenile court docket, awaiting their switch to grownup court docket, however the different 4 appeared in court docket on Friday and have had their footage launched.
Dontral Beaver, 16; Gianni Robinson, 17; Damien Hernandez, 17; and Treavion Randolph, 16, will all be tried collectively.
Damien Hernandez, 17 (left), and Treavion Randolph, 16 (proper), have each been charged with homicide as adults
Dontral Beaver, 16 (left), and Gianni Robinson, 17, have been arrested alongside six others accused of attacking Lewis
Jonathan Lewis, 17, died on November 7 in hospital, following the November 1 combat
Tuesday’s listening to might be an arraignment and a dialogue of bail, stated Randolph’s lawyer, Daniel Martinez from the Clark County Particular Public Defender’s Workplace.
‘Tuesday might be an preliminary arraignment,’ he advised 8 Information Now.
‘If the district lawyer has filed fees we might be getting into a not responsible plea in all probability they will tackle bail at the moment.’
Randolph’s household advised DailyMail.com that he doesn’t seem within the viral video exhibiting the assault and is an effective boy ‘who has by no means been in any hassle’.
Video of the vicious beating, which was posted to TikTok and went viral, reveals a big group of boys attacking Lewis who’s seen curled up on the bottom trying to defend himself.
Treavion’s step-grandmother Andrea Corsey, 55, stated his household have been left devastated by Lewis’ demise and by the 16-year-old’s arrest.
Andrea, who’s married to Treavion’s grandfather Lovell Randolph Sr, 54, stated: ‘Everyone is devastated by what they are saying he is executed.
‘I am unable to perceive it. He is by no means been any hassle. He comes right here for birthdays and holidays. It is a very unhappy scenario.’
Treavion Randolph, 16, is among the eight suspects who was arrested for the beating. He appeared in court docket final week
Randolph’s step-grandmother Andrea Corsey, 55, stated his household have been left devastated by Lewis’s demise and by the 16-year-old’s arrest. Andrea is is married to Randolph’s grandfather Lovell Randolph Sr, 54 (left)
The household declare Randolph, 16, is an effective boy ‘who has by no means been in any hassle’. Randolph was arrested and booked into the Clark County Jail on November 16 and transferred into the grownup justice system
Treavion Randolph (left), 16, Damien Hernandez, 17, Gianni Robinson, 17, and Dontral Beaver (proper), 16, made their first look as adults in court docket Friday morning
Randolph’s uncle, who requested to not be named, added: ‘I’ve seen that video. I’ve watched all of it. You may’t see Treavion on there.
Photographs present a sweet-faced teenager wanting delighted on his elementary faculty commencement day in 2014
‘They are saying they recognized him from that video, however we do not know for positive. We’ve not been advised a lot. We do not know loads about the entire thing.’
Andrea added: ‘All of us appeared for him [in the video] as a result of, as you see, he has an unlimited quantity of hair.
‘So, when you do not see that, it is like, how did they particularly determine him? It’s extremely troublesome to say.’
Randolph was arrested and booked into the Clark County Jail on November 16 and, together with Dontral Beaver, 16, Gianni Robinson, 17, and Damien Hernandez, 18, transferred into the grownup justice system.
Other than Hernandez, who acquired a quotation in 2021 for smoking marijuana in public, not one of the older 4 has any form of legal report.
In a single picture obtained by DailyMail.com, Randolph is seen exhibiting off a pair of recent earbuds
Chilling video posted to social media confirmed a gaggle of youths standing over Jonathan’s physique, kicking him as he lay on the pavement. ‘They are saying they recognized him from that video, however we do not know for positive. We’ve not been advised a lot. We do not know loads about the entire thing,’ Treavion’s uncle stated
Randolph is considered one of three siblings and has a brother named Lovell Randolph III, and a sister named Abigail.
His mom Oliva Lopez-Aranda filed for divorce from his father Lovell Randolph Jr, 36, in Might citing irreconcilable variations.
Randolph Jr is presently in jail and has a prolonged legal previous. Information seen by DailyMail.com present he’s serving a five-year sentence at Three Lakes Valley Conservation Camp in Elko, Nevada, and was despatched down in Might to be used of a lethal weapon – every week earlier than his spouse filed for divorce.
Earlier felonies embody a 2020 conviction for battery, 2018 convictions for conspiracy to commit a violent crime and theft, and two convictions in 2015 for pandering and assault with a lethal weapon.
Regardless of Randolph Jr’s prolonged rap sheet, his son Treavion was described as a superb boy and a devoted pupil by his household.
Photographs of the 16-year-old, obtained by DailyMail.com, present a sweet-faced teenager wanting delighted on his elementary faculty commencement day in 2014, pulling a shirtless pose in a selfie and exhibiting off a pair of recent earbuds.
Like his co-defendants, Randolph attended Rancho Excessive Faculty – only a few meters from the desolate alleyway the place Lewis, additionally a pupil on the faculty, died.
Unique DailyMail.com images present the spot the place the combat passed off, which sits behind a sober dwelling dwelling run by Las Vegas charity Sober Homiez
Flowers have now been left on the scene with a poignant message on one bouquet studying: ‘You’re a hero!!!’
Rodney Gillies, the property supervisor in control of the Sober Homiez residence block, advised DailyMail.com he had not heard the combat however beforehand had had points with youngsters from the college utilizing his backyard as a minimize by
Unique DailyMail.com images present the awful spot which sits behind a sober dwelling dwelling run by Las Vegas charity Sober Homiez whereas the alley is dotted with giant dumpsters.
Flowers have now been left on the scene with a poignant message on one bouquet studying: ‘You’re a hero!!!’
‘I am sorry these people acted so savage… Thanks for standing up on your beliefs… I might of [sic] cherished to combat beside you…’
Rodney Gillies, the property supervisor in control of the Sober Homiez residence block, advised DailyMail.com he had not heard the combat however beforehand had had points with youngsters from the college utilizing his backyard as a minimize by.
He stated: ‘The very first thing I knew about it was once I got here dwelling and a load of patrol vehicles have been parked over there [at the end of the alley].
‘We get numerous teenagers coming by right here and I’ve needed to inform them to not use it – though I did let one boy sit within the backyard as a result of he was simply ready to be picked up by his mom.’
He added: ‘I heard later {that a} boy had been hospitalized after which died. It is an actual tragedy. All these lives ruined over a pair of earbuds. It does not make sense.’
Lt. Jason Johansson of Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Division stated all of the folks concerned — believed to be 10 — have been college students of Rancho Excessive Faculty.
Johansson described a viral video exhibiting the beating as ‘void of humanity’.
Lewis’s father stated he ‘cannot watch’ the clip.
Johansson stated {that a} citizen discovered Lewis unresponsive after the beating, which occurred in an alleyway close to the college, and introduced him again to the college.
Lewis was then taken to UMC the place docs decided that he had suffered ‘non-survivable head trauma,’ Fox 5 Vegas reported.
Johansson stated that the combat was over a pair of stolen wi-fi headphones and probably a vape pen, which have been taken from pals of the sufferer. All events concerned agreed to fulfill within the alley to combat, based on police.
‘As quickly as a punch is thrown, ten topics instantly swarm him,’ he stated.
Johansson appealed for anybody else with video of the combat to return ahead.
‘There is a excessive probability that there is further video on the market that we do not have,’ he stated, urging mother and father to speak to their kids about what occurred and never ‘put your head within the sand’.
Lewis’ father, Jonathan Lewis Sr, who lives in Austin, Texas, stated his son was focused within the melee after dashing to assist one other pupil being picked on by the bullies.
He stated Jonathan was initially attacked by just a few college students who the 17-year-old shook off ‘as a result of he was so robust.’
‘However then all the opposite children joined in and beat him to demise after that,’ he added to NewsNation.
Jonathan Lewis Sr stated his son was concerned within the combat to fend off bullies
Jonathan Lewis Sr condemned the brutal assault
Stunning footage of the assault shared to social media noticed round 15 bullies assault a pupil, presupposed to be Jonathan Lewis, 17. Police haven’t formally verified the footage
Because the violent scenes escalate, all out chaos ensues because the sufferer lays on the bottom, crushed till he’s unconscious
Footage was additionally shot from an extra cellphone which has since been posted to X
After Jonathan is knocked to the bottom, considered one of his pals makes an attempt to intervene and cease the brutal assault earlier than making a run for it
Lewis Sr has since arrange a GoFundMe web page to assist cowl the prices of his son’s premature demise, and he stated the proceeds – which has topped $65,000 – might be cut up between Jonathan’s mom’s and father’s households.
Based on the fundraiser arrange after Lewis’ demise, which cites the teenager’s girlfriend, his resolution to leap into motion was as a result of the opposite bullied pupil he helped was far smaller, and had objects stolen from him by the group.
The web page described him as ‘a sort, loving, light younger man who has the center of a champion and the brightest loving vitality that draws folks to him with love.’
The household, writing earlier than his demise, stated: ‘He is an aspiring artist, devoted huge brother, and a fierce protector of affection ones!
‘We’re so grateful for all of the love and neighborhood help that has poured in for our son and hope that the world will concentrate on all that love and compassion as a beacon of hope for human relations and place recognition upon how a lot stronger the love and the spirit of neighborhood is than the darkish moments of violence.
‘Love wins our son is a champion of affection and household and the resilient spirit of human perseverance and can to be good and type and loving!’
