De­spite leav­ing his job at a pop­u­lar restau­rant last week, San Fer­nan­do fa­ther Ken Wilkin­son was prepar­ing to start his own busi­ness, de­ter­mined to pro­vide for his daugh­ters and take con­trol of his fu­ture.

How­ev­er, one phone call end­ed that dream, as he was gunned down soon af­ter near his Pleas­antville home on Sat­ur­day night.

Po­lice said Wilkin­son, 38, of Or­chid Gar­dens, was at home when, around 7 pm, he re­ceived a tele­phone call. He left a few min­utes lat­er. Ten min­utes af­ter that, gun­shots rang out along Bras­sia Dri­ve. Res­i­dents soon found Wilkin­son ly­ing mo­tion­less on the road­way.