POTTSVILLE , Pennsylvania ( CNN ) -- A fomer Pennsylvania high school football player was acquitted of murder Friday in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant last summer . Luis Ramirez died of blunt force injuries after a confrontation with a group of Pennsylania teens . However , a Schuylkill County jury found Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak guilty of simple assault stemming from the death of Luis Ramirez , who died of blunt force injuries to the head after a fight with the defendants and their friends . Donchak , 19 , was also found guilty of providing alcohol to the group of teens that encountered Ramirez the night of July 12 on a residential street in the rural mining town of Shenandoah . Both teens were acquitted of ethnic intimidation charges . Prosecutors alleged the teens baited the undocumented Mexican immigrant into a fight with racial epithets , provoking an exchange of punches and kicks that ended with Ramirez convulsing in the street , foaming from the mouth . He died two days later in a hospital in Danville . Piekarsky , 17 , had faced a charge of third-degree murder for allegedly delivering a fatal kick to Ramirez 's head after he was knocked to the ground . He also was found not guilty of ethnic intimidation , aggravated assault and attempting to solicit a cover-up . An all-white jury of six men and six women heard from several prosecution witnesses , including a juvenile co-defendant and another teen who pleaded guilty in federal court for his role in the fight . While the jury heard conflicting accounts about who initiated the encounter or delivered the final kick to Ramirez 's head , defense lawyers attempted to place the blame on another co-defendant , who is facing charges in juvenile court , and Colin Walsh , who has pleaded guilty to violating Ramirez 's civil rights . The juvenile admitted on the stand to shouting `` go home you Mexican [ expletive ] '' after the first fight dispersed , prompting Ramirez to turn back and attack him . The juvenile 's testimony was corroborated by Walsh , who admitted to punching Ramirez and knocking him to the ground after he charged the juvenile . Both witnesses said Piekarsky delivered the final blow to Ramirez 's head while he was on the ground , but others testified that they could n't be certain who had actually kicked him . The incident drew national attention to the small town of Shenandoah , highlighting issues of race relations . CNN 's Emanuella Grinberg contributed to this report .
NEW : Individuals convicted of murder , simple assault , ethnic discrimination . NEW : Brandon Piekarsky and Derrick Donchak convicted of simple assault . Allegheny County prosecutors alleged the beating was racially motivated . This drew national attention to rural mining town of Sharon , Pennsylvania .