A teenage basketball player was shot and killed outside his home in Philadelphia.
Noah Scurry, 17, a basketball player at Sameul Fels High School, was killed Tuesday morning as he got into his mother's car to go to school.
Police said they 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 weapons have been recovered,” the Philadelphia Police Department told TMZ.
Police are offering a $20,000 reward for information leading to an arrest and conviction in the shooting.
A Scurry neighbor told NBC10 Philadelphia: “There were several shots fired at once.” The first thing I thought was to grab my son and throw him to the ground.'
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 ones, and then just the mother screaming.” I can still hear the mother crying seeing her baby on that floor like that.'
“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,” said his high school principal, Melissa Rasper, in an open letter posted on the school's social media. school. .
'Our deepest condolences and thoughts go out to the family and friends of this student.
'The student recently earned the highest score among the Fels community on the SAT college placement tests.
“He also played on the basketball team and for that reason, our men's basketball games will be canceled for the remainder of the week.”
TO GoFundMe It has also been set up to help cover Scurry's funeral costs, seeking to raise $3,500.
The biography says of Scurry: 'Noah, just 17 years old, had such a kind and loving heart. He would do anything for his family, but especially for his brothers.
'He was one of the best students in his school and had the highest score on the SAT college placement test in his entire grade.
'His love of basketball was always with him, since he was a child. He was playing on the school's basketball team and was being scouted for colleges.