The evening of April 23, 2025, Caleb Quick was among other teens at the McDonald\u2019s for a weekly Wednesday meeting they called \u201cFry Night,\u201d which followed a youth group gathering at a local church.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re going to do some singing and worship songs, and really a lot of the kids were impacted about the violence there. So a lot of them had a hard time going back,\u201d Quick said on Friday. \u201cSo we really want to have a first-year memory of him, but also kind of say that this is still a safe space.\u201d<\/p>\n
Quick has also been advocating for Assembly Bill 2040<\/a>, which would amend Proposition 57 passed in November 2016 to make it easier to transfer minors who commit serious crimes to be tried as adults, according to advocates of the bill.<\/p>\n The teens in the Quick case \u2014 Byron Rangel and Cassandra Michael \u2014 were both 16 when they were accused of killing his son and both face murder charges. Rangel, who is accused of being the gunman, has not had a transfer hearing<\/a>, which will determine if he\u2019ll be tried as an adult. The transfer hearing for the accused getaway driver, Michael, is ongoing<\/a>.<\/p>\n As adults, Michael would face 26 years to life for participating in the slaying while Rangel would potentially be sentenced to life without the possibility of parole, prosecutors have said. As juveniles, they each face up to seven years of confinement or up until they turn 25, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n The bill failed to get enough votes on April 14 to get out of committee, but has been granted reconsideration. It\u2019s also called \u201cLorenso\u2019s Law\u201d in honor of a Corcoran 17-year-old Lorenso Sanchez<\/a> who was stabbed to death three days after Quick was killed. The bill was authored by Assemblymember Alexandra Macedo, R-Tulare.<\/p>\n The elder Quick said he believes the state is too lenient on teens who commit serious crimes like murder, because the sentence for a minor is significantly less than if they are tried as adults.<\/p>\n The younger Quick has been accused of sexual assault, and the Fresno County District Attorney\u2019s Office has offered the alleged assault as the motive behind the shooting. Quick has said his son deserved to face a trial, if necessary, not an extrajudicial killing.<\/p>\n Quick said he believes in the rule of law.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m just advocating for my son\u2019s justice and many other sons and daughters that have gone through this as well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He described the 18-year-old as a leader and a \u201cgood kid\u201d who had already served two years with the Civil Air Patrol. His son planned to join the Air Force and was interested in being stationed in Japan, because he was interested in Japanese sports cars.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wanted to fly planes. That\u2019s something he talked about for a very, very long time,\u201d the father said. \u201cEighth grade going into freshman year, he made that commitment in his heart, and I\u2019ve got pictures and video of us talking about it back then. That was just something that was always on his mind.\u201d<\/p>\n Worship and Remembrance of Caleb Quick 7 p.m. Thursday, April 23 McDonald\u2019s parking lot, Willow and Nees avenues
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