A teenage basketball player has been shot dead outside of his home in Philadelphia.
Noah Scurry, 17, a basketball player at Sameul Fels High School, was killed on Tuesday morning as he was getting into his mom’s car to go to school.
Police said they have recovered a jeep that could be linked to the fatal shooting but they are still working to establish a motive.
‘No arrests have been made and no weapon was recovered,’ the Philadelphia Police Department said to TMZ.
Cops are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting.
A neighbor of Scurry’s told NBC10 Philadelphia: ‘It was multiple shots at once. The first thing I thought was to grab my son and throw him on the floor.’
Noah Scurry, a 17-year-old high school basketball player, was shot and killed earlier this week
Another neighbor was quoted as saying: ‘I heard gunshots – multiple – and then just screaming from the mom. I can still hear the mom’s mother cry, seeing her baby on that floor like that.’
His high school principal Melissa Rasper confirmed Scurry’s death in an open letter published on the school’s social media, offering students counselling in the aftermath of the killing.
‘It is with a heavy heart that I write to inform you of the passing of one of our students whose life was tragically taken this morning near his home,’ Rasper said.
‘Our deepest condolences and thoughts go out to the family and friends of this student.
‘The student recently scored the highest among the Fels community on the SAT college placement tests.
‘He also played on the basketball team and for that reason, our boys basketball games will be cancelled for the remainder of the week.’
A GoFundMe has also been set up to help cover the costs of Scurry’s funeral, looking to raise $3,500.
The bio says of Scurry: ‘Noah, only 17 years old, had such a caring and loving heart. He would do anything for his family, but most of all his siblings.
‘He was one of the top students in his school achieving the highest score on the SAT college placement test out of his entire grade.
‘His love for basketball was always with him, ever since he was a young kid. He was playing on the school’s basketball team, being scouted for colleges.’
