LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — The family of a 17-year-old killed last year accepted his diploma on the last day of school for the Clark County School District.
Keanu Enright died on Oct. 16 inside a home at the intersection of Bramble Court and Greenhurst Road near Alta Drive and Rainbow Boulevard.
“The last sent months have basically been hell. It’s a struggle every single day. To have the support system is great,” Thomas Enright, III, said.
Keanu Enright was playing video games with three other teens when a 15-year-old pulled a ghost gun and shot him, according to police. 8 News Now was the only TV station in court last November for the shooter’s sentencing.
“We’re all here to honor my son, and he’s not able to be here. This kid is going to be out in a year or two years. He gets to have children and grandchildren, gets to go to college, get a job. My kid don’t get anything, and we struggle every single day,” Thomas Enright, III, said.
Keanu Enright received a page dedicated to him in the Bonanza High School yearbook.
“He liked hip-hop, and he loved his friends,” his father said. Thomas Enright, III also picked up his son’s diploma on Friday. “It’s going to hang on the wall,” he said.
“I feel a little guilty. I shouldn’t be holding this, he should,” said Keanu Enright’s brother, Thomas Enright, IV, who is a U.S. Marine stationed in Camp Pendleton. He came to Las Vegas to walk up on stage when his brother’s name was called during the graduation ceremony.
The brothers were only a year apart and Thomas Enright, IV, said the pain of his brother’s death has been too much to bear at times.
“He always had jokes. Never ending. New stuff every day. I just don’t laugh like I used to,” Thomas Enright, IV, said.
Keanu’s name will be called next Thursday at the Orleans Hotel and Casino during the school’s graduation ceremony. Keanu had plans to join the U.S. Navy.
The 15-year-old who shot Keanu was sentenced to the Spring Mountain Youth Prison. Once he is released, his records will be sealed.
