ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — St. Petersburg Police continue to search for clues to solve a murder in which the victim, 23-year-old Damien Wiggins Jr., was found by his parents dying inside his car Tuesday night.

Parents found Wiggins Jr. shot in vehicle

Police investigating in area of Haines Road and 20th Street North

Have information? Call 727-893-7780 or text SPPD + your tip to TIP411

The victim's mother, Shawntate Thompson, shared with us how she would remember her son.

"He was a loveable soul," she said. "Everybody loved him, was a loveable child, he'd give you the shirt off his back."

Thompson and Damien Wiggins Sr., the victim's father, live just a few blocks from the scene. They said their son wasn’t answering his phone, so they started driving the neighborhood.

They spotted their son's car and found him wounded inside. He later died at an area hospital.

“I guess they had him covered up so wasn’t able to see it,” said Wiggins Sr. “And when we were able to discover that he was inside the car I kind of lost my mind and couldn’t handle it and then I busted glass, I get him out of the car."

“I wanted to see was he still alive. He was bleeding from the mouth. He was a little bit, talking you know, living a little bit, but bleeding from the mouth and it went from there.”

Police have been searching the scene for hours and looking for any businesses that may have cameras that could have caught the shooting as it happened.

As police investigate - the victim’s father is hoping for quick answers.

“This is a senseless crime,” he said. “I don’t think no parent or dad deserves to see their son’s first and last breath at a situation like this.”

Wiggins says his son was on probation and was recently having some problems.

But he and mom were trying to get him off the streets and involved in their family’s three businesses in St Pete.

Wednesday evening Wiggins Jr's family and friends will honor him at a candlelight vigil where he was found on Haines Road at 7:30 p.m.

Police continue to investigate Wiggins Jr's death as a homicide. Anyone with information please contact St. Petersburg Police 893-7780 or text SPPD + your tip to TIP411.