Abraham Badru, 26, was gunned down in Hackney, east London, on 25th March after opening the boot of his car to look for a drink, police said.
Paramedics and police were called to the scene in Ferncliff Road, but Mr Badru was pronounced dead.
Churchgoer Mr Badru had previously received a bravery award for intervening in a sex attack on a teenage girl and his family said the pain of losing him is “unbearable”.
They added: “Abraham hates confrontation, he has never been involved in any fight be it physical or verbal, not to talk of being involved in a gang or condoning gang violence.
“An avid church-goer, a God fearing young man, this is why it’s hard to comprehend why anyone would want to hurt him and cause a void that could never be replaced or recreated, why would anyone lurk and wait to carry out such a brutal attack?
“He steered clear from trouble, loved life too much to risk it in any way. He just wanted to be happy and continue to make his parents happy and his loved ones.
“Abraham has been snatched from us; he didn’t die of an illness, a freak accident, or of natural causes, no death is ever easy but he died because he was shot.
“He was shot by person/persons terrorising the peace of the community, terrorising innocent people, threatening our freedom on our streets and threatening our progression.
“We plead with any parent, siblings, extended family, friends,…
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