The grief-stricken mother of a Lewisville teen shot and killed outside a Raising Cane's restaurant Wednesday afternoon spoke out, pleading for an end to gun violence.
Aleasha Parks spoke with NBC 5 Thursday afternoon about her son Skylar Linson.
The 17-year-old Lewisville High School senior died Wednesday afternoon as he walked toward the fast food restaurant next to the school.
"My baby was a musician. He was a sweetheart," said Parks through tears. "He didn't want to die. He didn't want to die. He wanted to live."
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Police say the gunman, who is not being identified because he is a minor, got out of his car, opened fire on Linson, got back in, and drove away.
A witness reportedly followed the suspect out of town and into Carrollton, relaying vital information to authorities who arrested the teen after a short chase, according to Lewisville PD.
The department is not publicly sharing the possible motive surrounding the shooting but said Wednesday that it was 'targeted' and not random.
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Linson's mother declined to expand on the ongoing investigation but is calling her son's death 'senseless.'
"I hope that this will stop," she said. "I can't bring my baby back. I can't. I can't. I think this is a nightmare. This is not happening, but these shootings, these kids killing each other for no reason."
Linson, she says, is her youngest child. He worked at Whataburger, wanted to buy a car, was looking forward to graduating high school, and was an aspiring rapper.
A GoFundMe fundraiser was created to help the family with funeral costs and other expenses.
