LAS VEGAS (NEWSnet/AP) — Prosecutors in Las Vegas have formally charged four high school students as adults with murder in the deadly beating of their schoolmate.
The fight was captured on cellphone video and has been widely shared across social media.
The two 16-year-olds and two 17-year-olds are charged with second-degree murder and conspiracy to commit battery.
At least eight students between the ages of 13 and 17 have so far been arrested in connection with the Nov. 1 brawl that left a 17-year-old dead. The other students are awaiting separate hearings because they are all under the age of 16.
Authorities have said that the students at Rancho High School in east Las Vegas had agreed to meet off-campus after school to fight over items stolen the victim’s friend said were stolen, including a pair of wireless headphones and a vape pen.
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