It has been more than a month since the man known as “Frenchy” was shot to death outside a Brampton nightclub and Peel Regional Police homicide detective continue to hunt his killer.

The lack of information has prompted family members and friends of Britton Francis Edwards, 22, including his grieving mother, to make a desperate plea to the public asking anyone to come forward with information that will help police make an arrest.

“Our children are dying out there and there’s no closure,” said Edwards’ mother, who asked not to be identified for privacy reasons. “I have faith in our justice system and faith that someone who knows who did this will come forward to police.”

Edwards was a giving person during his life and after death, one of his lungs was donated to the Trillium Gift of Life Foundation, his mother added.

"He was my heartbeat," she said.

Floyd Lawrence, a friend of the Edwards family, echoed those sentiments and even wrote a letter to The Brampton Guardian asking the public to help with any information that might identify the killer.

“Obviously a lack of both conscience and courage by those who know what happened is more powerful than the desire to ease a mother’s suffering so she can at least have a little closure in the senseless killing of her only child,” he said. “There is at least one somebody, and very likely a few somebodies who know some important details about who killed Frankie and have remained silent.”

Edwards, a fork lift driver who graduated from Louise Arbour Secondary School, was found by emergency responders in the parking lot of Masta’s Lounge on Orenda Road around 4:30 a.m. back on Feb. 7. He died later that morning in hospital.

Family members and friends of the dead man have also taken to social media, calling for an end to the gun violence that has claimed far too many lives in the GTA.

“This hits way too close to home,” said a friend of Edwards who she described as her brother. “These young men need to slow down. They didn't give life but feel they have power to taketh (away).”