One of three teens accused of killing Barnard student Tessa Majors during a mugging in 2019 has pleaded guilty to murder as part of a plea deal with prosecutors.
Luchiano Lewis, now 16, was just 14 years old when he and two friends allegedly attacked 18-year-old Majors in a New York City park.
Lewis on Tuesday pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery in Manhattan Supreme Court, a spokesperson for the Manhattan District Attorney's Office said.
He will be sentenced on October 15th, according to local court records.
Lewis was trialed as as an adult despite being 14 at the time of the murder.
He is the second of three minors tried in the murder of Majors, who was stabbed multiple times during the botched mugging on 11 December 2019 in Morningside Park, which is near the Manhattan campuses of Barnard College and Columbia University.
In a statement to the court, Lewis said that he had not realized Majors was dead until the next day, but said he watched as co-defendant Rashaun Weaver repeatedly stab her in the chest, the New York Post reports.
Luchiano Lewis, 16, was charged as an adult with murder and robbery in the December 11 slaying of 18-year-old Barnard student Tessa Majors in Manhattan's Morningside Park
Slain Barnard College student Tessa Majors was murdered in Morningside Park on December 11, 2019
Lewis cooperated with Manhattan prosecutors against the main suspect, 16-year-old co-defendant Weaver, who is accused of stabbing Majors.
Weaver, who has not been trialed as of yet, faces the same counts as Lewis, whose agreement with local authorities is not considered as part of a plea deal, according to the New York Post.
Zyairr Davis, a 14-year-old boy, is the third boy involved in the attack.
He pleaded guilty as a juvenile last year to one count of first-degree robbery and was sentenced to 18 months in detention.
Rashaun Weaver (left) is accused of fatally stabbing her and Luchiano Lewis (right) is accused of holding her back while he did it. They were both charged as adults and Weaver is awaiting trial while Lewis was charged with second-degree murder and robbery
Prosecutors allege that Weaver, Lewis and Davis were looking to mug someone when they went to Morningside park, where they spotted Majors, on December 11th.
Majors yelled for help and attempted to fight off the three boys while Lewis allegedly held her in a headlock
