MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — Update: The 18-year-old was identified as Alan Noel Mora Gomez from Seattle.
His family has created a GoFundMe to help lay him to rest.
According to the family, Alan was a beloved son, brother, and friend whose bright future was stolen too soon.
Mount Vernon police say they’re looking for the person who shot someone to death Monday night.
Officers were called to East College Way just before midnight.
When they arrived, police say they found an 18-year-old man with a gunshot wound.
The man was rushed to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle where he later died.
Anyone with information about the shooting or the person responsible is asked to call Mount Vernon’s 24-hour police dispatch at (360) 428-3211, or the department’s business-hour line at (360) 336-6271.
Officers believe this was an isolated incident and that there is no threat to the public.
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