Children wash cars to pay for father's funeral after shooting

ST. CLOUD, Florida. – This Father's Day weekend, Kingston, Conner and Irelynn are washing cars and selling bakes to raise money for their father's funeral.

“They asked for a few days. When we do the car wash, we want to make bracelets and raise money for Dad,” said Joey Beck's ex-wife, Brittany Harrell.

Joey Beck, 29, was killed last Saturday in St. Cloud after being attacked and shot in his car.

Michael Beck said the pain of losing his brother was almost unbearable.

“He’s all I had left.” It was just him and me. Our mother and father died when he was 15,” Michael said.

Harrell said the man charged in Joey's death, Joshua Miller, was a close friend.

“They just asked me, 'Why would Dad's best friend kill him?'” Harrell said.

On Monday, Osceola Sheriff Marcos Lopez said Miller confessed to killing Joey.

Harrell spoke with Miller this week.

“He knows he ruined my children’s lives. He knows he ruined everyone's lives, including his own family, and he doesn't want to live another day with that on his chest,” Harrell said.

Harrell and Michael Beck said they will need to raise $5,000 for funeral expenses. So far, they have raised more than $2,000.

The family believes the community can help Joey Beck's children grieve their father and heal.

“How important is it to see this support? I've never seen that before: the community coming out like that. My brother would have loved it. He would have loved it,” Michael Beck said.

The family is hosting another fundraiser for Joey Beck's funeral Sunday at 9 a.m. in St. Cloud, at 2251 13th Street.

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