Two teenage boys were shot and killed in Stockton just past midnight Sunday. About 100 of their relatives and friends gathered tonight to grieve.The two were identified by family as Nicholas Sihalath, 14, and Advan Vang, 15. A vigil was held for them Sunday evening on Montauban Avenue, where the boys were gunned down. “Why take my son from me?” cried Sovanh Vanhsy, Sihalath's mother. Sihalath was her only son. He leaves behind his parents and two sisters. His friend Vang was also the only son in his family. “I just hope that the cops will find the person that did this to these two innocent teenagers,” said Vang’s mother Shoua Vue.Though the boys went to different schools -- Sihalath, a freshman at Ronald McNair High School in Stockton and Vang, a freshman at Valley High School in Elk Grove -- their families say they were good friends who shared a love for the outdoors. “He was very energetic. He loved fishing. He loved football, sports,” Vanhsy said.Both mothers said they do not know what led up to the shooting or why their sons were out past midnight. Their killer is still on the loose. Stockton police said they have not yet identified the shooter or a motive and are asking for the public’s help.“If you saw something, say something,” Stockton Police Department spokesman Joe Silva said.According to police, the boys are the second and third homicide in Stockton this year.

Two teenage boys were shot and killed in Stockton just past midnight Sunday. About 100 of their relatives and friends gathered tonight to grieve.

The two were identified by family as Nicholas Sihalath, 14, and Advan Vang, 15. A vigil was held for them Sunday evening on Montauban Avenue, where the boys were gunned down.


“Why take my son from me?” cried Sovanh Vanhsy, Sihalath's mother.

Sihalath was her only son. He leaves behind his parents and two sisters. His friend Vang was also the only son in his family.

“I just hope that the cops will find the person that did this to these two innocent teenagers,” said Vang’s mother Shoua Vue.

Though the boys went to different schools -- Sihalath, a freshman at Ronald McNair High School in Stockton and Vang, a freshman at Valley High School in Elk Grove -- their families say they were good friends who shared a love for the outdoors.

“He was very energetic. He loved fishing. He loved football, sports,” Vanhsy said.

Both mothers said they do not know what led up to the shooting or why their sons were out past midnight. Their killer is still on the loose.

Stockton police said they have not yet identified the shooter or a motive and are asking for the public’s help.

“If you saw something, say something,” Stockton Police Department spokesman Joe Silva said.

According to police, the boys are the second and third homicide in Stockton this year.