‘He Was My Baby’: Family of Man Murdered on Halloween Beg Community for Help

The parents of a 19-year-old young man who was shot and killed on Halloween night are begging anyone with information to come forward to help them solve their son's murder.

According to Miami-Dade Police, Brandon McGuire was walking from a friend's house in the area of Northwest 143rd Street and Northwest 15th Drive in northwest Miami-Dade when he was shot and killed. He was gunned down just before 8 p.m., police said.

The past month and a half has been agonizing for his family with no leads and no arrests.

"I get up every night. I can't sleep," his father, Patrick McGuire, said through tears Monday from police headquarters. "I follow him. He speaks to me."

His mother, Brenda McGuire, said he was supposed to go trick-or-treating with his sisters that night when she received the devastating phone call.

Brandon was less than a block away from his home when he was gunned down.

"He took care of me," were the words of his tearful mother. "He protected me."