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CLOVIS, Calif (KSEE/KGPE) – It’s been astir 2 weeks since 18-year-old Caleb Quick was changeable and killed successful a McDonald's parking batch successful Clovis.
On Tuesday, police seized a achromatic Tesla successful transportation with the shooting. Police besides announced they doubled their reward for immoderate extremity starring to the suspect's arrest. It’s the archetypal update connected this shooting probe since releasing a video showing it was a targeted attack.
“When you person to archer a congregation that a precocious schooler was murdered, that's that's bad,” Clovis Hills Community Church Pastor Shawn Beaty said.
It’s been a dense mates of weeks for the Clovis Hills Community Church. It’s the aforesaid curch 18-year-old Caleb Quick attended. Quick was killed connected April 23 successful a McDonald’s parking batch connected Willow and Nees avenues. The fishy stalked Caleb and his friends for 13 minutes earlier the shooting.
“We commune for the family. They mislaid a son, a grandson, a brother. You know, immoderate kids mislaid a precise adjacent friend. So we commune for comfort,” Beaty said.
This morning, immoderate prayers were answered. Clovis Police announced they seized a achromatic Tesla they judge was utilized arsenic a getaway car the nighttime of the shooting. They accidental nary arrests person been made.
“Finding the car, uncovering the idiosyncratic who was driving the car similar that, that does assistance bring a consciousness of peace,” Beaty said.
The car was recovered wrong a store adjacent Vermont and Garden avenues successful Fresno. That’s little than a mile distant from the McDonald's parking lot.
“Yeah. I ever travel present with each my friends astir each week. Man, it's truthful tragic,” Buchanan pupil Bryan Few said.
The quality of the suspects' imaginable getaway car being seized is bringing anticipation to the community.
“I'm truly hoping they find the feline that did this man. Like, really, it is specified a tragic happening that this happened here. I ne'er expected this to hap here,” Few said.
Clovis Police besides announced the reward for a extremity starring to an apprehension has doubled from $20,000 to $40,000.
“That's, I guess, the champion we tin inquire for, you know, I mean, much visibility, much radical retired determination looking for answers to these questions,” McDonald's lawsuit Jeremiah Alvidrez said.
But Quick’s household would similar their loved 1 backmost implicit answers.
“It's a large distraction for a small bit. But ultimately, like, they inactive person to woody with the nonaccomplishment of idiosyncratic they loved,” Beaty said.
He’s presently helping Quick’s household navigate these pugnacious times. He remains hopeful for closure.
“They're going to get caught. God saw. There volition beryllium justness astatine immoderate point,” Beaty said.
