Father remembers 18-year-old son shot and killed outside Clovis McDonald's

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- A increasing memorial sat extracurricular the McDonald's connected Willow and Nees successful Clovis connected Friday.

It's wherever 18-year-old Caleb Quick's beingness was taken connected Wednesday night.

Clovis constabulary accidental the shooting fishy ran from the country wearing a achromatic hooded sweatshirt.

Caleb's friends stopped by with flowers and embraced each different arsenic they remembered him.

A fewer miles down the roadworthy astatine Clovis Hills Church, Action News spoke with Caleb's father.

"The assemblage enactment for Caleb has been astonishing," expressed Caleb's father, Stephen Quick.

Stephen describes his lad arsenic a Cowboy and a existent believer of God.

The religion was Caleb's location distant from home.

"I deliberation helium was 4 years aged erstwhile helium accepted Christ, we baptized him. First happening helium did was to speech to his member astir it and say, 'Hey, you're coming to eden with me'," recalls Stephen.

Stephen says his firstborn lad Caleb was a c transcript of himself.

They did everything together, from moving retired to barbecuing.

"People that knew him knew his soul, knew his heart. He was a protector astatine heart, a warrior, and helium had that warrior spirit," Stephen expressed.

A trait helium had planned to instrumentality with him to the military.

Caleb was preparing to instrumentality disconnected for the Air Force successful June, successful hopes of 1 time earning his wings arsenic a pilot.

His dada says present his wings person been earned successful the astir unimaginable way.

"I person a batch of questions, but I'll ne'er get answers. Ultimately, everyone's got their eventual judgment, and that's not for maine to judge," said Stephen.

Now, alternatively of watching Caleb postgraduate from precocious schoolhouse and fulfill his dreams, they person been spending this week readying his ceremonial and looking backmost connected his beingness chopped short.

Detectives accidental anyone with accusation is urged to telephone the Clovis Police Department.

There is simply a GoFundMe leafage for Caleb's ceremonial expenses.

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