FAIRFIELD — Police are continuing to follow leads in their investigation into the death of 17-year-old Kyle Reid Schneider.

Schneider, a junior at Fairfield Warde High School, was found bleeding and unresponsive at his Congress Street home by his father, Douglas, Thursday evening. He died of a gunshot wound to the head in what police have ruled a homicide.

"We are continuing to follow up on several different avenues," Capt. Gary MacNamara said Sunday, "and look at evidence we seized and do interviews."

MacNamara said the department is encouraged by the response it's already received from the public.

"We're getting a lot of phone calls and people sharing information," he said.

Police have asked the public for any information they may have surrounding the death of the well-liked teenager.

Friends of Schneider's decorated his parking space at the high school Friday and on Saturday held a musical memorial at Warde.

Schneider was the son of Mary Reid (Buchanan) Schneider and Douglas Robert Schneider and brother of Douglas and Rachael Schneider.

Calling hours at the Spear-Miller Funeral Home, 39 South Benson Road, have been scheduled from 3 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. Funeral services will be at the First Congregational Church, 148 Beach Road, at 11 p.m. Thursday. Burial will be private.

To share a memorial of Kyle or to offer an online condolence, visit www.spearmillerfuneralhome.com

Anyone with information on the case is asked to call Fairfield police at 254-4840.

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