Mom Needs Help To Bury Firstborn Son, Killed In Shooting

SHIRLEY, NY — A grieving mother in Shirley needs help to bury her son, who was shot and killed in Port Jefferson on Wednesday.

A GoFundMe, "David Bliss’s Funeral and Memorial Services" was created by Theresa Bliss.

"On March 24, 2021, my beautiful, loving, caring, blue-eyed boy left this earth," she wrote. "My firstborn, a piece of my heart. . . "He was only 25 yrs old and had a full life ahead of him, only to be tragically taken from us."

Joseph Garcia, 19, of Port Jefferson Station, was arrested on Saturday in connection with the fatal shooting of David Bliss Jr., 25, of Shirley on Wednesday, Suffolk police said.

Garcia was charged with second-degree murder.

Garcia shot and killed Bliss around 3:35 p.m. Wednesday in front of 122 Main St., police said. Bliss Jr. was found on the ground with a gunshot wound and pronounced dead at St. Charles Hospital in Port Jefferson, police said.

And now his mother needs help to bury him. "Due to the coronavirus last year, my husband was laid off for most of the year and funds are not available to be able to lay my boy to rest and give him a proper funeral."

To her son, she wrote: "David, Mommy will love you always and forever. I know Papa and Papa Jack welcomed you into the gates of heaven and to eternal peace. RIP my baby boy."

To donate to the GoFundMe, click here.

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