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JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - A Jackson family is reeling from the loss of a popular DJ and small business owner killed while driving on North State Street.

The gunfire that took Anthony Davis Jr.’s life, robbed his family and the community of a hard worker and new father.

“He was a very lively person, full of life,” said Jennifer Davis. “He had so many aspirations and dreams that he was trying to reach for.”

Three days after Davis was shot and killed, his mother Jennifer, and father Anthony Davis Sr. were surrounded by family as they remembered their youngest son.

He was known to many as “DJ Choo.” Monday evening, Davis’s supervisor contacted his mother when he couldn’t reach him.

“And he said that Anthony has not made it back to work and that’s unusual, and he went to go drop a client off because he works at Enterprise,” said Jennifer Davis.

Relatives located Anthony’s phone and learned of the tragic news.

“You’re working. You’re on your way to work, doing your job, and all of a sudden you just leave this world, just like that. Point blank,” said Anthony Davis Sr. “I mean I don’t understand. I never will.”

The close-knit family is still in shock and at a loss for words when sharing the news with his young nieces and nephews.

“He’s the baby of seven, the baby,” said sister Antoinette Davis. “He just had a birthday, just had a child. Like I say, he was happy to be a dad. The city loved him.”

The family blames high-powered guns in the hands of uncaring people for the violence. Despite their suffering, their faith has given them strength.

They are asking for the public’s help with solving the case.

“Even to the people that did that you know I can’t hate them. I even forgive them, and I don’t even know who they are,” said the grieving mother. “When my son left this world he left doing what he loved to do and that’s work.”

Davis was the 12th fatal shooting victim of the year. Jackson Police have recovered one of the vehicles used during the city’s latest homicide.

The black Chrysler 300 was found at Autumn Place Apartments in South Jackson.

A black Hyundai Sonata has not been located. So, far no arrests have been made in Monday’s deadly shooting.