Jonathan Lewis was attacked by about 15 teens for defending a smaller child outside his high school and died one week later
A grieving father in Nevada has paid tribute to his 17-year-old son’s “heart of a champion” and denounced the scourge of teenage violence after the boy was beaten to death by a mob outside his high school for defending a smaller child.
Jonathan Lewis said his son – also named Jonathan – died at the University medical center in Las Vegas last Tuesday, one week after the attack involving about 15 others near the city’s Rancho high school.
Witnesses say the teenager was pushed into a fence then repeatedly struck by the members of the mob when he stood up for a younger friend who had been thrown into a trash can.
“Jonathan was a loving, giving, kind, fierce young man who loved community and caring for others,” the boy’s father wrote on a GoFundMe page raising money for his late son’s medical bills.
“This horrific tragedy is reflective of the divisive, conflict based, uncaring state that our society and humanity is currently facing.
