Already in trouble with the law, 19-year-old Jahsavior Reid was a long way from his childhood Christian camp days when he was shot dead during an "altercation" in a Brampton motel room Monday night, Feb. 20.

"He was a good kid, with a good heart," recalled Child Evangelism Fellowship (CEF) Ontario Director Ivhan Rusli in a Facebook remembrance of the young man he used to know. "It's always a tragedy for life to end so early."

Reid, of Toronto, would attend CEFOntario camps for several years as he was growing up, but even back then, Rusli knew his future was uncertain.

"He had a difficult home life and very little support around him, yet he would come out to our camps and clubs whenever he could," Rusli wrote. "I remember picking him up and driving him to various events. I remember talking to him about life and how he wanted to be different, but didn't see a way out.

"I remember fearing for his future," Rusli wrote.

That future ended around 10:20 p.m. at the Motel 6 on Steelwell Road, in the area of Steeles Avenue East and Highway 410 in Brampton. He was found dead in a motel room, shot in what Peel police say appears to have been a "targetted" attack.

Reid was 12 when he attended his last CEFOntario camp.

"Jahsavior may not have lived the life the Lord wanted for him, but I do believe he is with the Lord now," Rusli wrote, in asking for prayers "for Jahsavior's family and in the spiritual battle to reach Ontario's children."

Last September, Windsor police arrested and charged a 19-year-old Jahsavior Reid of Toronto with trafficking in cocaine and other drug offences. Peel police would not confirm if the man shot at the motel was facing any charges in Windsor, but they did say the dead man was "known to police."

Homicide investigators are reviewing motel surveillance tapes and asking for witnesses to come forward. They have not provided any description of a suspect or suspects.