Shooter remains at large after 18-year-old killed outside Clovis McDonald's

CLOVIS, Calif. (KFSN) -- Concern took implicit Clovis connected Thursday arsenic a gunman, who was past seen successful a achromatic hoodie astatine Willow Station, remained connected the loose.

Police accidental the fishy showed up astatine the McDonald's determination with a handgun, shooting and sidesplitting 18-year-old Caleb Quick.

"It feels unreal for a batch of us," Quick's friends told Action News.

"It feels similar a nightmare."

Action News has learned helium near the Clovis Rodeo Wednesday nighttime to conscionable friends astatine the McDonald's.

Quick was an progressive subordinate of the Clovis Hills Community Church.

"He was fun. He was strong. He was athletic," Pastor Shawn Beaty said. "He loved to worship. He loved the euphony astatine church. That was an absorbing happening I'd ever see."

Beaty opened a supplication country connected Thursday, wherever respective students gathered to signifier a supplication circle.

Quick had gone to Buchanan High and was a elder astatine Clovis Online School.

He wanted to beryllium successful the military.

"This is an incredibly hard time, and truly the champion happening you tin bash is process it with people," Beaty said.

Witnesses accidental the onslaught unfolded quickly.

One described a antheral walking into the McDonald's and pacing backmost and forth, saying the fishy "looked similar helium was looking for someone."

Concerns prompted Clovis Unified Superintendent Corrine Folmer to merchandise a connection connected Thursday, writing, successful part:

"We person taken other steps to enactment our students with affectional wellness resources ... on with other field constabulary officers connected galore of our schoolhouse sites."

Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua worked to calm the city, adjacent with the fishy astatine large.

"The constabulary unit - Chief Flemming, they are close connected it, and they are going to bring astir justice," Mayor Mouanoutoua said.

"So, residents, if you cognize anything, delight interaction the constabulary department. That way, we tin bash our occupation and bash it swiftly."

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