LORAIN, Ohio (WJW) -- The Lorain community is grieving after the tragic shooting death of 18-year-old Isaac Brocco Rivera.

“There is no way to describe this,” said Kevin Smith of Vermilion. “It’s tragic, senseless and just gut-wrenching.”

Smith said Isaac’s mother works at his barbershop and called him Saturday night after learning what happened.

Police discovered Isaac had been fatally shot in the head at Lakeview Park that night.

“He was on his way to homecoming — and he never got there or home,” Smith said. “She talked about how he was so excited to be 18, to get a car, and to go to homecoming.”

Isaac was a student at Lorain City Schools and a senior at the Lorain Success Academy. The Lorain City School District said counselors would be available beginning Monday morning to support

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