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Javon Jackson, 23, was shot in the back early Sunday morning as he was crossing Main Street in Buffalo. Police say four men walked up behind Jackson, and one of them shot him at least twice.

Jackson was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

His friends are still trying to make sense of the shooting.

"Why'd he get shot?" said friend Elden Gomillion. "This kid just graduated with his electrical engineering degree. For what reason? He wasn't into anything like that."

"Our sympathies, those of the Buffalo Police Department and all the citizens of Buffalo, go out to Mr. Jackson's family, especially his mother on this Mother's Day," said Buffalo Police Commissioner H. McCarthy Gipson. "This is a tragedy that should not have occurred."

Jackson grew up in the Pelham Parkway Houses in the Bronxwood section of the Bronx, where neighbors remember him as a kind and studious person.

"The guys used to call him Superman because he used to come out with a cape, a Superman cape, and play outfield. He was quick, muscular. He was a cool guy," said a neighbor. "He used to help his mom a lot, his sister, too. He was a smart guy, never used to get in trouble."

"He was a good student, well behaved, polite no problems in the building," said another. " It's sad."

Police are investigating whether the gunman and Jackson knew each other, and if they may have had a fight earlier in the night.

Police are also checking security cameras to see if they may have recorded the shooting.