D’Angelo Perry was driven to help other people – even in the final minutes of his life, when the 20-year-old father was shot and killed while helping a friend, his sister said.

“He was the type of person that would give you the shirt off his back,” Dequesha Martin, 28, said of her baby brother. “That's what got him into the situation he was in, being in the wrong spot at the wrong time.”

Perry was fatally shot Saturday at an apartment complex on Old Manor Road, just off Broad River Road near Interstate 20. Richland County deputies say Perry was helping a friend’s mother move out of a home when Curtis Hicks opened fire, killing Perry and injuring his friend. Investigators learned that the surviving victim’s mother was dating Hicks but had ended the relationship.

Perry, who was the youngest of six children and turned 20 in December, worked for a lawn care service to provide for his 2-year-old daughter, Martin said.

His work in landscaping – and his spirit of giving – started at a young age, when he would mow lawns and do yard work to make money. He would rake the yard of an elderly neighbor but not charge her, Martin said. She recalled her brother helping a friend’s family recently.

“He realized they didn't have much food,” she said. “He took food and meat out of our freezer to make sure they had something until they were able to get (groceries).”

When he wasn’t mowing lawns or raking yards, Perry played football and basketball in middle school, Martin said. He also liked watching the Pittsburgh Steelers football team.

The young father also had a talent for rapping and making people laugh, said Mary Roundtree, a family friend whom Perry knew as “Aunty.”

“He walked around like somebody who was 6 feet tall, 230 pounds,” Roundtree said, chuckling. “His face keeps coming to me. I see his smile; that's what I'm gonna miss.”

Hicks was was on the run for three days before his arrest Tuesday in Miami. He faces charges of murder and attempted murder.

Roundtree said Hicks’ capture provides only a small amount of comfort to Perry’s family.

“He was the baby boy of the family,” she said. “I don't really think there's ever gonna be closure.”

Perry’s injured friend has been released from the hospital, Martin said. He came by the family’s home to offer his condolences.

“He felt responsible,” she said. “We wanted to let him know that it's not his fault.”

Burying Perry is made even more difficult becasue he didn’t have insurance, Martin said. A GoFundMe account set up to help cover funeral expenses had raised about $700 as of Thursday.

The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Faith, Hope and Charity Deliverance Outreach Temple on Monticello Road.