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CLOVIS, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - The shooting decease of 18-year-old Caleb Quick has near galore Clovis residents successful daze and disbelief. A tiny memorial present stands astatine the spot wherever the 18-year-old was changeable precocious Wednesday night.
"This is an incredibly tragic day," said Shawn Beaty, Senior Pastor astatine Clovis Hills Community Church. "Caleb was a brilliant, agleam beingness that was snuffed retired and it was conscionable devastating."
Beaty described the 18-year-old arsenic idiosyncratic who was afloat of vigor and loved music
"The infinitesimal euphony started astatine religion oregon thing astir music, the worship music," said Beaty. "Just similar helium was locked in, helium ran to the beforehand younker radical and started singing and worshiping."
On Wednesday evening, Clovis Police responded to the country of Willow Avenue and Nees Avenue soon earlier 9 p.m. for reports of a shooting.
Witnesses connected the country said an idiosyncratic wearing each achromatic walked up to Caleb and his friends and changeable him astatine adjacent scope without immoderate warning.
"The fishy was described arsenic wearing each achromatic with a hoodie pulled implicit their hood, carrying a handgun," said Ty Wood with Clovis Police. "They were past seen walking successful the country present astatine Willow and Nees."
Police canvassed the country looking for the shooter but were incapable to find them
"I cognize our detectives person already been and speaking to radical who person been either wrong the edifice oregon present successful the parking batch astatine the clip that the shooting occurred," said Wood.
"Anytime a beingness is lost, it hurts the full community," said Clovis Mayor Vong Mouanoutoua.
There is presently nary known motive down this shooting; constabulary are continuing to travel each leads. Anyone who whitethorn cognize thing is asked to interaction the Clovis Police Department astatine 559-324-2800.
