Mystery surrounds 殺人 of straight-A student 発射 dead in his car after texting his mom to say he was on his way home from a night playing ビデオ games

• Brendan Tevlin, 19, was 設立する 発射 and killed in a Jeep Liberty late Wednesday in West Orange, New Jersey
  
• Tevlin was home for the summer after 完全にするing his freshman year at the University of Richmond where he was majoring in 商売／仕事
  
• Police say the 殺人，大当り 'does not appear 無作為の' but have made no 逮捕（する）s in the 事例／患者
• Friends 述べるd him as a social, charitable student who 避けるd 論争
• The 'model' student texted his mother to tell her he was on his way home after a night playing ビデオ games before he was 設立する dead
  

By Peter Rugg

Published: 14:57 BST, 27 June 2014 | Updated: 19:20 BST, 27 June 2014

当局 say a University of Richmond student 発射 and killed late Wednesday night appears to have been the 的 of a mysterious 殺人 陰謀（を企てる）, にもかかわらず 存在 述べるd as a friendly teen with straight-A grades.

Brendan Tevlin, 19, of Livingsto n, New Jersey, was home for the summer after his freshman year of college when police discovered his 団体／死体 riddled with 弾丸s in the seat of a Jeep Liberty in the parking lot of an apartment building.

West Orange police 設立する him in the area - around six miles from his family home - after 答える／応じるing to a 報告（する）／憶測 of 発射s 解雇する／砲火／射撃d. Earlier in the night, the 'model' student texted his mother to say he was traveling home from a friend's house.

尊敬の印s: Friends and family say Tevlin was active in sports and charity work and 述べるd him as an 去っていく／社交的な teen with no enemies

Mystery: Police discovered the 罪，犯罪 scene after 答える／応じるing to a 報告（する）／憶測 of 発射s 解雇する／砲火／射撃d late Wednesday

'At this juncture of the 調査 it does not appear to be 無作為の,' Anthony Ambrose,
the 長，指導者 of 探偵，刑事s for the Essex 郡 検察官，検事’s Office, told The 星／主役にする-Ledger.

Ambrose's 殺人 and major 罪，犯罪s 仕事 軍隊 is 調査／捜査するing.

He could not comment on 可能性のある 動機s or identify 可能性のある 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うs as the 調査 is 現在進行中の. No 逮捕（する）s have been made.

An 身元不明の friend told NJ.com the Jeep Tevlin was 設立する in belonged to a family member.

Before his death, Tevlin had been at a friend's house playing ビデオ games and texted his mother to say he was coming home.

'We’re literally just reeling in this 悲劇,' the friend told the website.

She 追加するd that the family had been interviewed by 探偵，刑事s but were still at a loss for a possible 動機.

Friendly guy: Brendan Tevlin, seen here with two 身元不明の friends, was a 井戸／弁護士席-liked student who friends say 避けるd 議論の的になる 問題／発行するs

Killed: The 団体／死体 of Brendan Tevlin, 19, was 設立する 発射 多重の times late Wednesday in a Jeep

'This is so out of character. He was literally a good kid. No enemies ― he always 避けるd 論争,' she said. 'The world lost a terrific kid.'

The oldest of four children, family and friends 述べるd him as a 肉親，親類d person with a sociable personality.

'People need to know what 肉親，親類d of person he was,' said Christian Breslin, who played on the lacrosse team with Tevlin at Seton Hall.

'This kid, there was nothing bad about him. He was one of the nicest people I’ve ever known.'

The prep school's 長，率いる, Monsignor Michael Kelly, said the entire school was grieving.

'Brendan was a wonderful young man, friend of everyone, liked by all,' he wrote in a news 解放（する）.

'Our community is praying for the family and his grandparents, who were very の近くに to Brendan and to Seton Hall Prep.'

罪，犯罪 scene: Police have yet to make an 逮捕（する） in the 事例／患者 but say it appears to have been a planned 狙撃 at the apartment コンビナート／複合体 in West Orange, New Jersey

During his four years at the school he also volunteered for Knights of Setonia, a community service group.

Ed Ayers, school 大統領，／社長 of the University of Richmond, said he had planned a 商売／仕事 major and was active in sports.

Dozens 表明するd their grief on Twitter after 審理，公聴会 the news.

'You were a 広大な／多数の／重要な friend and brother to many,' wrote one 使用者.

Another wrote: 'Brendan Tevlin was everything that was 権利 in this world, and the monster that took his life is everything that’s wrong with it. RIP.'

Anyone with （警察などへの）密告，告訴（状） regarding Tevln's death is asked to 接触する the police tips line at 877-847-7432.