Never missing a Penn State football game or the tailgate with his best friends are only two of the things that James Walmuth’s father remembers about his son’s time at Penn State.

He would do everything he could to get tickets for his friends from back home in York so they could visit campus and enjoy the game, his father said.

James Walmuth III, Class of 2004, died on Wednesday after a gunshot wound proved fatal.

The York City Police Department said Walmuth suffered a fatal gunshot wound to his back at about 11 p.m. Wednesday in York, Pa.

He was transported to York Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 1:31 a.m. Thursday, police said.

Witnesses of the shooting told police that a group of men approached Walmuth, 28, and told him to hand over his cell phone, police said.

One of the men — who police have identified as Jordan Wallick, 15 — then shot Walmuth in the back and ran away.

Wallick was arrested Friday morning, police said.

Police said they have arrested Kenneth Santiago-Curet — one of the men Wallick was with at the time of the shooting — in connection with the murder.

More arrests are pending, police said.

Police said those individuals may be facing charges in connection with the shooting.

Walmuth was a York native and graduated from Penn State University Park with a double major in history and English, his father James Walmuth, Jr. said.

With the class load of a double major, Walmuth spent the majority of his free time at Penn State studying, his father said.

“He spent a few minutes in a Paterno Reading Room,” Walmuth Jr., said.

On the night he was shot, Walmuth was speaking with a friend on his cell phone when Wallick approached him, police said.

He was sitting on a bench in an area called the “Boat Basin” by the corner of Clarke Avenue and Grant Street, in York, police said.

Police said they received tips from informants that led to the Wallick’s arrest.

Witnesses of the shooting were able to positively identify Wallick as the shooter, police said.

After graduating from Penn State, Walmuth was certified as a paralegal and worked as a case manager for the York County District Attorney.

He began studying law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law in August of 2009, Walmuth Jr. said.

But he’ll always be a Penn Stater, his father said.

“He really enjoyed his time at Penn State,” Walmuth’s father said. “He was always proud to be a Nittany Lion.”