4 Las Vegas Teens Plead Guilty in Classmate’s Deadly Beating as Part of Plea Deal

4 Las Vegas Teens Plead Guilty in Classmate’s Deadly Beating as Part of Plea Deal
A memorial for Jonathan Lewis Jr. is set up in an alleyway near Rancho High School in eastern Las Vegas, Nev., on Nov. 21, 2023. Ty O'Neil/AP Photo
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LAS VEGAS—Four Las Vegas teenagers pleaded guilty Tuesday to voluntary manslaughter in the fatal beating of their high school classmate, as part of a deal with prosecutors that kept them from being tried as adults.

The teens originally were charged in January as adults with second-degree murder and conspiracy in connection with the November death of 17-year-old Jonathan Lewis Jr. The attack was captured on cellphone video and shared widely across social media.