BAKER - Friends of Emouri Woodard's family are hosting a benefit dinner in Baker to raise funds for the three-year-old's funeral. 

The boy, known lovingly as "Baby E," was killed in an accidental shooting on Sept. 5 when he found a loaded handgun. 

Emouri's father, Elliot, says that he was at work when he got the call that his son had died. 

"How could a life that just started end so quickly and tragic? Being a father was the greatest blessing in my life, and now I have to bury my 3-year-old son," he said in a post on GoFundMe. 

Now, Elliot is looking to the community for help in laying his son to rest. 

Wednesday evening, a $15 benefit dinner will be held at Ruffins II in Baker. The restaurant will be serving alfredo pasta with fried chicken or fish, corn, and a roll starting at 6 p.m. until supplies last.