Harrowing surveillance footage released of night Caleb Quick was allegedly slain by teen couple

Harrowing surveillance footage shows the night California teen Caleb Quick was gunned down allegedly by a teenage couple.

The high-school senior was shot dead in an alleyway near a McDonald’s in Clovis last year just weeks before his graduation.

Inside a closed courtroom, security video from a nearby Shop-N-Go captured the 18-year-old leaving the fast-food restaurant with friends.

According to ABC30, one of his friends was seen holding the door open for the alleged suspect as they exited.

Authorities say the 16-year-old suspect had been waiting in the area for at least 13 minutes before approaching Quick.

The video shows a flash as the suspect opens fire. One of Quick’s friends immediately falls to the ground to help him, while another calls 911.

Police confirmed Quick died from a gunshot wound to the head. “It was pretty chaotic,” Clovis Police Detective Marcus Burks said in court. “[Caleb] was not responsive.” “There was not a whole lot I could do,” he added.

After the shooting, the suspect was seen running along Willow Avenue, where investigators say a female accomplice was waiting in a getaway vehicle, described as a white Tesla.

During the hearing, which was attended by Quick’s family, the judge reviewed additional surveillance footage.

Another video shows a white Tesla circling near a restaurant and abruptly changing direction. The same vehicle is later seen on Jordan Avenue pulling up to the curb.

Moments later, a horn sounds, and a person dressed in black enters the car. The Tesla then quickly speeds away.

The footage provides one of the clearest looks so far at what happened, nearly one year after Quick’s death.

The teenage girl accused in the case is now the focus of a high-stakes transfer hearing, where a judge will decide whether she will be tried in adult criminal court. Her boyfriend is expected to face a similar hearing later this year.

Prosecutors argued that the killing was not random, but a “meticulously coordinated execution.” During Tuesday’s hearing, they presented digital evidence they say shows the attack was planned in advance.

Clovis Police forensic analysts outlined a timeline based on cellphone data, indicating the suspects tracked Quick’s movements for hours before the shooting.

Investigators also highlighted text messages exchanged the day before, along with a Google search made after the shooting about deleting Tesla surveillance footage.

In one message, the male suspect wrote, “I’m home,” before asking his girlfriend, “How are you feeling?” She replied, “I’m just in shock honestly… idk how to feel.”

“It’s very disturbing, the stuff that we saw. I had to step out at the moment they showed my son’s passing,” said Stephen Quick, Caleb’s father.

“It’s so premeditated. They showed testimony today that he was actually asking for my son at Clovis Hills Church several hours before.”

The teen couple’s case underscores ongoing debate over California’s Proposition 57, which gives judges — not prosecutors — the authority to decide whether minors ages 14 to 17 should be tried in adult court, a policy that has sparked local protests calling for tougher penalties on juvenile offenders.

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