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FAIRFIELD (CBS 5 / AP / BCN) ― A Fairfield city councilman who was declared brain dead after being shot in the head four days ago was taken off life support Friday, meanwhile sources told CBS 5 that a "questionable suspect description" had generated few true leads for police in the murder case.

Matt Garcia, 22, died early Friday morning, according to a nursing supervisor at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek. His family kept him on life support for several days to donate his organs including heart, lungs, kidneys, liver and pancreas.

Garcia's body was taken to the Contra Costa County Coroner's Office, where results of an autopsy conducted Friday were pending, said Deputy Coroner Robert Duvall.

Police continued searching for the gunman, who fired multiple shots at Garcia while he was talking in a female friend's driveway in the 5000 block of Silverado Drive on Monday night.

Sources close to the investigation told CBS 5 on Friday that Garcia's friend, Jennifer Tarbell, had offered police three different accounts of what happened that night and provided detectives a "questionable suspect description."
 
The unindentified suspect was described by Tarbell as a light-skinned black or Hispanic man, 5 feet 9 inches with a medium build in his late teens or early 20s -- who fled the scene in a mid-90s, American model sedan after firing multiple shots. 

The description was released by police earlier this week through the media, but sources said it had generated little for investigators to go on.

CBS 5 reported Thursday that electronic equipment was seized from Tarbell's home and that she voluntarily underwent additional questioning from detectives. 
 
On Friday, Fairfield police Lt. Bob Bunting declined comment on the on-going investigation but noted that evidence collected in the case, including eight casings from a small-caliber weapon, was being examined at the State Dept. of Justice facilities in Sacramento.

Dozens of local and state law enforcement agents and the FBI were involved in the investigation, police said earlier in the week. But sources told CBS 5 on Friday that Fairfield police had scaled back the use of other agencies.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has offered a $50,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of Garcia's killer and the Solano County Board of supervisors next week is expected to offer an additional $50,000 reward.

One of the youngest elected officials in California, Garcia was just 21 when he was sworn in 10 months ago to help lead this Solano County city of 105,000.

He campaigned on the slogan, "Change For Fairfield," vowing to focus on crime prevention, economic development, community growth and keeping Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield.

At a prayer service Thursday night at Parkway Community Church, hundreds gathered in one of many tributes to the young politician. Garcia's parents attended the service, but requested privacy.

"He loved this town and wanted to make it safer and a better place," said Anita Andrade, who attended the service.

A viewing was scheduled for Monday evening at the Liberty Christian Center at 2641 N. Texas Street and a memorial for 4 p.m. Tuesday at the football field of Armijo High School, his alma mater.

A memorial fund was established at First Bank at 2407 Waterman Blvd. in Fairfield. Donations to help with final arrangements and to continue support for programs and dreams near and dear to Garcia may be made out to the "Matt Garcia Memorial Fund," family spokesman Ron Marlette said.

Also Friday, city officials announced that they would name a new youth center after Garcia, who was credited with helping to push the center through.

Marlette said Garcia wanted to give teenagers hope and keep them away from a life of crime.

Long-time Fairfield philanthropist Billy Yarbrough, who died in July at age 74, donated 33 acres for the 9,300-square-foot youth center. Construction on the facility is underway and it is scheduled to open in late fall.

"We only knew Matt one year but we grew to love him. Youth was his passion," Anthony Russo, Yarbrough's son-in-law, said. "If he were alive, the next 20 years would be quite a ride."

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