The father of the Rancho High School student fatally beaten by classmates near campus two years ago is suing the Clark County School District.

Jonathan Lewis Sr. filed suit earlier this month in Clark County District Court claiming negligence leading to wrongful death and negligent hiring, training and supervision in the death of his son Jonathan Lewis Jr.

“At least one altercation or conflict involving Jonathan and/or his peers had occurred prior to the incident, and CCSD staff were on notice or should have been on notice of escalating tensions involving Jonathan and other students at Rancho High School,” the complaint said.

Bystander video of the beating shows Lewis Jr., 17, and a large group of teenagers, many of them also Rancho students, fighting in an alley just off campus after s

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