ROSWELL, N.M (KRQE) – A New Mexico football team is grieving after one of its players was shot and killed.

Friends and family are shocked by the death of New Mexico Military Institute football player Gerrard Gober.

He was shot and killed by his own father during a fight, according to police.

Here in New Mexico and all the way in Georgia, people are mourning the loss of Gerrard Gober.

The 20-year-old former New Mexico Military Institute cadet and junior college football player died Monday after police say he attacked his parents and his dad shot him in self-defense.

Gober went to high school in Riverdale, Georgia near Atlanta.

His high school football coach Terry Herrod who also went to NMMI says Gerrard was a good kid.

“I’ve never seen him be angry, I’ve never witnessed him get in an argument with anybody, he was very coachable, extremely coachable, one of the most coachable kids I’ve ever had,” said Herrod.

Gober played junior college ball in Mississippi for one year before transferring to NMMI last year for his sophomore season

A candlelight vigil was held for him in Georgia this week where friends and family remembered him and one woman pleaded with loved ones not to blame his parents.

Many have taken to social media talk about how much they will miss Gerrard.

NMMI officials say that while they cannot comment on the incident they are saddened by the loss of one of their former cadets and that he was a good guy and liked by many.

Right now no one is facing any charges in relation to this incident but it is still under investigation.

Those who knew Gerrard say he was a good person, who was always making people smile and laugh.