Jacob Alan Stahl was 15 when he died on Friday, October 17, 2014, in the small community of Shelby, New York. A tenth-grade student at Medina Central School, he had recently taken up lacrosse and hoped to become an auto technician. Family and friends called him Jake and Spud and remembered his love of the outdoors, especially hunting and trap shooting, and his involvement in the winter trap shoot league at the Wolcottsville Sportsman’s Club.

His unexpected death left the community grieving; his parents are James and Melinda Stahl and he is survived by a brother, Benjamin.

If anyone knew Jacob or was in Shelby in October 2014 and has information about his death, please share what you know.