Noah Scurry, 17, played on the basketball team at Samuel Fels High School and got the highest SAT score in the school, officials said.

Noah Scurry, a 17-year-old Samuel Fels High School basketball player, was murdered while on the way to school Tuesday.

The boy was getting into a car to go to school at Samuel Fels High School with his mom Tuesday morning when he was shot, School District of Philadelphia spokesperson Monique Braxton said.

A Philadelphia high school student was gunned down Tuesday morning while leaving for school with his mother, sources tell FOX 29 News.

Homicide detectives are investigating what led up to the shooting and the whereabouts of any suspect or suspects.