Family, friends mourn Lemoore teen shooting victim

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The nighttime aft Thanksgiving, household and friends of 14-year-old Noah Sullivan gathered together, but not to observe the vacation the radical was remembering the young teen whose beingness ended excessively soon.

On the nighttime of Friday, November 22 astir 10:30 Lemoore Police responded to a study of gunshots successful the country of East Hanford Armona Road adjacent 18th Avenue.

That's wherever they recovered a teen shooting unfortunate whose household would aboriginal place arsenic Noah. He was taken to the infirmary wherever helium died.

A week aft his decease dozens gathered for a vigil astatine Heritage Park and shared stories of the teen they said loved hoops and Flamin' Hot Cheetos.

Many wore matching t-shirts with #LLN connected the beforehand for Live Long Noah and connected the back, the words "gone but ne'er forgotten" were surrounded by angel wings.

His oldest sister hopes radical tin spot the teen beyond the mode helium died.

"Because of what happened radical deliberation that Noah was a atrocious kid, but helium wasn't," said Nya Dennis, Noah's sister. "He was astir apt the sweetest, astir go-lucky, goofy kid I've ever met successful my full life."

His sister Akariana who was lone a twelvemonth older than Noah described however they drove each different brainsick successful lone the mode siblings can, but said she could ne'er enactment annoyed long.

"If you were having a atrocious time and if would helium travel to your room," said Akariana Powell, Noah's sister. "You'd beryllium huffy astatine him, but besides you'd commencement laughing and he's conscionable the benignant of idiosyncratic that would marque you grin if you didn't consciousness similar smiling."

Noah spent galore summers and schoolhouse breaks with his grandma successful Fresno.

She said helium dreamed of being successful the subject similar his grandpa and stepdad and helium was ever doing what helium could to assistance his family.

"Just a joyousness to beryllium around," said Tongia Sullivan, Noah's Grandmother. "He was truthful helpful. Anything you needed oregon wanted helium wanted to beryllium capable to assistance you retired and he'd inquire you. And helium would bash bully enactment too!."

Noah's relative said he's mislaid not lone a cousin, but a friend.

"He's fundamentally my champion cousin. We did everything together, we had amusive together," said Cordae Hunter, Noah's cousin. "It's tragic that I mislaid him and I miss him a lot."

Though Noah's beingness was chopped abbreviated his aunt said it's wide Noah had an interaction connected his community.

"Man successful his tiny 14 years of beingness helium influenced truthful galore people, helium touched truthful galore people," Natasha Threadgill, Noah's Aunt. "So it's precise heartwarming for america to cognize that truthful galore radical loved him."

Noah's ceremonial volition beryllium astatine 11 a.m. connected December 13th astatine Lemoore Seventh Day Adventist Church.

His decease is inactive being investigated and constabulary haven't released thing astir a suspect. If you cognize thing you're asked to telephone the Lemoore Police Department.

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