The heartbroken daughter asked Santa to bring her dad home. Photo / 11 Alive
Nicoele said the family spent Christmas discussing their favourite memories of Joshua, who she described as “an honourable marine and an entrepreneur, as well as a devoted husband and stepfather”.
“He was the type of person that would give people an opportunity even off of the streets,” she said.
In addition to Sa’Raya, Joshua also had two other daughters, Sa’Maya, 10, and Jaida, 12.
Police responded to Joshua’s home about 9.40pm on December 17 after receiving multiple emergency calls about people hearing gunshots.
The father was found dead in his own driveway after being shot multiple times.
Law enforcement officials have yet to identify any suspects.
The devastated mum said the last words her husband said to her were “I love you” before he left for work that morning.
“I’m glad that that morning before he left off to work, we got to say those words to each other,” she said.
“That will forever be in my brain. His kiss and, ‘I love you’.”
