Boy, 17, fatally shot near Vallejo high school

Mother Jamie Rusk, right, and Sandra Ramirez, left, the aunt of 17-year-old student Kenneth Maxwell Rusk who was shot and killed on a trail off of Ascot Parkway near Jesse Bethel High School in Vallejo, California on Thursday, May 14, 2015. less Mother Jamie Rusk, right, and Sandra Ramirez, left, the aunt of 17-year-old student Kenneth Maxwell Rusk who was shot and killed on a trail off of Ascot Parkway near Jesse Bethel High School in Vallejo, ... more Photo: Chris Preovolos / Chris Preovolos Photo: Chris Preovolos / Chris Preovolos Image 1 of / 5 Caption Close Boy, 17, fatally shot near Vallejo high school 1 / 5 Back to Gallery

A teenager who attended Jesse Bethel High School in Vallejo was shot and killed Thursday near the campus, police said.

The victim, Kenneth Maxwell “Max” Rusk, 17, a senior at the school, was shot along a trail near a skateboard park adjacent to Wardlaw Park and Jesse Bethel High on Ascot Parkway about 11:55 a.m. The boy died at the scene.

The high school and nearby Joseph Wardlaw Elementary School were put on lockdown after the shooting as a precaution.

The victim’s family and friends gathered at the scene.

“This is the worst day of our life,” the boy’s mother, Jamie Rusk, told reporters. “He was a gentle, kind, funny human being that was just the kindest person, would never steal, never rob nobody, never hurt nobody.”

“It’s like a nightmare in the daytime you hope you can wake up from, but you won’t,” said James Busch, the victim’s father. “Max is a good kid, robbed of his life.”

No arrest has been reported.

Henry K. Lee is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. E-mail: hlee@sfchronicle.com