MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- A brutal attack outside a Union Avenue barbecue restaurant left a 77-year-old man fighting for his life.

Police say they found the victim, Eddie Bond, in the parking lot of Tops Bar-B-Q in the Medical District after someone called 911. He'd been beaten and robbed.

His son, Courtney Bond, says he is making the difficult decision to take his father off life support.

"I love the hell out of my daddy. He loved all of us and he showed us everyday," he said. "I just wish anyone who ever did this would turn themselves in."

Eddie Bond was transported to Regional One Hospital in critical condition Tuesday of last week. At the hospital, Bond told officers he recalled two men approaching him, speaking aggressively and shoving him around.

After talking with officers, his condition got worse.

"He had gashes and knots on his head, both eyes were swollen shut. When he first got here his eye was just swollen then on the third day blood just started gushing out," his son said.

He now has irreversible brain and kidney damage and is unresponsive. Bond's friends say he's a well-respected member of the community and they're outraged.

"He's known for helping anyone in the Westwood/Whitehaven community," friend Kenny Kamp said. "To hear that this happened to him out of all people. This is sad."

His grandchildren traveled to Memphis from Chicago to say goodbye to their beloved grandfather.

"Anybody that jumps on a man like that, I believe in God and God got a plan for them and Karma will come back your way," said his grandchild Krishonna Bond.

So far, police have a very vague description of the suspect.

Bond's son said police are now investigating this as a homicide.