As hundreds of family members and friends gathered for the funeral of Treyjon Arsenault this week, there are still no answers surrounding the fatal shooting that took place in Portland’s Old Port on Memorial Day.

Arsenault was shot at Da Block Studios, on the corner of Fore and Market streets, in downtown Portland last Monday, but since then, no updates have been announced from Portland police.

Police said a second victim, a 20-year-old Portland man, was also hospitalized following the shooting but is “expected to make a full recovery.” Police are not releasing the identity of the second victim because the shooters are still at large.

Arsenault, a popular student at Westbrook High School who graduated last year, was captain of the school’s varsity football team, and also played ice hockey and baseball. He was remembered by many friends and community members as a good person with a positive attitude.

Visitation hours were held Sunday at Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home in Portland. On Monday, a funeral service was held at St. Maximilian Kolbe Catholic Church in Scarborough.

Noah Collins, a longtime friend and teammate of Arsenault, estimated Tuesday that close to 300 people attended the funeral service Monday. Collins said the church was filled “to capacity,” and that the overall feel was sadness.

Msgr. Michael Henchal of St. Maximilian led the service.

“The pastor said it best when he said that words could only do so much to help, and that silence was much more appropriate,” Collins said. “I think there was a lot of hope, as well – hope that the family and friends of Trey could begin to heal, and hope that the suspects will be brought to justice soon.”

Police have said their investigation suggests that there may have been more than one attacker, but no motive for the shooting has been established. Police said this week that the investigation is ongoing, with more witnesses being interviewed.

Mark Belserene, administrator for the Maine Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta, has said the cause of death was from a gunshot and was ruled a homicide, but did not say how many times Arsenault was shot.

Acting Portland Police Chief Vern Malloch has declined to disclose any information about how many times Arsenault was shot or the type of gun used.

Collins said he befriended Arsenault when he first moved to Westbrook in sixth grade, and since then, the two had a lasting friendship, often involving sports.

“We couldn’t stop joking around, and we couldn’t stop competing against each other in everything we did, and that never ended,” he said. “It was great to have such a good friendship that early in life, and he definitely brightened my days, just as he did everyone he ever met.”

At the Westbrook City Council meeting Monday, Council President Brendan Rielly asked for a moment of silence in Arsenault’s honor.

Noah Collins, left, and his longtime friend and teammate Treyjon Arsenault, whose shooting death in Portland remains under investigation. On Monday, a week after the shooting, a funeral for Arsenault was held in Scarborough with some 300 attending. Courtesy photo

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