He was an All-American Boy. A Boy Scout, an athlete who played baseball and swam competitively, he was a devout Mormon. By all accounts, Eric Forrester, 17, was a good kid who befriended almost anyone.

But

his life was cut short when he was shot by an intruder in his southwest

Fort Worth home Monday afternoon. Forrester and his 21-year-old sister

had run home to grab lunch. His sister ran out of the home and then

heard gunfire and saw two men flee the home.

When

she went back inside, she saw her brother on the floor with a gunshot

wound to the head. He was pronounced at John Peter Smith Hospital at

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10:18 a.m. Tuesday.

The

news stunned students at Southwest High School, where many knew

Forrester. Friends set up Facebook pages asking for prayers.

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